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Author Preus, Margi.

Title Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro / Margi Preus.

Publication Info. New York : Amulet Books, 2010.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1458310~S1
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 95th Street Juvenile Fiction  J PREUS    AVAILABLE
 95th Street Teen Fiction  TEEN PREUS    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Fiction  J PREUS    AVAILABLE
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Description 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301).
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
Note 760L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 8 139383
Note Accelerated Reader MG 5.4 8 139383
Subject Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Fiction.
Japanese -- Fiction.
Japan -- Relations -- Fiction.
United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Fiction.
Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese -- Juvenile fiction.
Japan -- Relations -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre Young adult fiction.
ISBN 9780810989818 (alk. paper)
0810989816 (alk. paper)
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SRP 2012
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August 20 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: This Newbery Honor book was recommended by the children in my third grade class. It is based on the true story of Manjiro, a 15 year old boy in Japan who lived an incredibly adventurous life in 1841.
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