Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro / Margi Preus.
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TextPublication details: New York : Amulet Books, 2010.Description: 301 p. : ill ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780810989818 (trade : alk. paper)
- 9780329859664 (Follett bdg.)
- 0810989816
- 0329859668
- Nakahama, Manjir�o, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- Nakahama, Manjir�o, 1827-1898 -- Fiction
- Nakahama, Manjir�o, 1827-1898 -- Fiction
- Japanese -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- Japanese -- United States -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Japanese -- United States -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Newbery Honor book
- Seafaring life -- Fiction
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Fiction
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan -- Fiction
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Fiction
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan -- Fiction
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Fiction
- Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- [Fic] 22
- PZ7.P92434 He 2010
- Newbery Medal/Honor, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301).
Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011.
Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011.
School Library Journal starred, September 2010.
Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2011.
Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2011.
Booklist starred, July 2010.
Pub Weekly, July 2010.
Kirkus Starred, July 2010.
Horn Book, May 2011.
Wilson's Senior High School.
Wilson's Junior High School.
Newbery Medal/Honor.
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.
Young Adult Follett Library Resources.
Newbery Medal/Honor, 2011.
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