Heart of a samurai, based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro, Margi Preus
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Label
Heart of a samurai, based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro, Margi Preus
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
760, Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Heart of a samurai
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
884261212
Responsibility statement
Margi Preus
Sub title
based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro
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
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Juvenile works
- Newbery Medal: Honor book
- Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Fiction
- Japanese -- United States -- Fiction
- Electronic books
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010
- International relations
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
- United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Fiction
- Japanese -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- United States
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- Action and Adventure fiction
- United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction
- Japanese
- Japan
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- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre6
- Subject20
- Juvenile works
- Newbery Medal: Honor book
- Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Fiction
- Japanese -- United States -- Fiction
- Electronic books
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010
- International relations
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
- United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Fiction
- Japanese -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- United States
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- Action and Adventure fiction
- United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction
- Japanese
- Japan
- Content1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1