Preus, Margi.

Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro / Margi Preus. - New York : Amulet Books, 2010. - 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301).

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.

Newbery Honor, 2011

9780810989818 0810989816

2009051634


Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 --Juvenile fiction.
Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 --Fiction.


Japanese--United States--Fiction.
Japan--Relations--United States--Fiction.
United States--Relations--Japan--Fiction.

PZ7.P92434 / He 2010

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