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Title Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro / Margi Preus.
Author Preus, Margi.
Publisher New York : Amulet Books, [2010]
Copyright ©2010.
Description 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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 HF-Juv. Fiction  J PRE Nearby on shelf  30632002538878 04-17-19  AVAILABLE
Note "A novel inspired by a true adventure on the high seas"--cover.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 297 - 301) and glossary.
NOTE Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 8 139383
Summary In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
Audience 760L Lexile
Subject Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Reading (Middle school)
Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction.
Other title Based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro.
ISBN 9780810989818
0810989816
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