Heart of a samurai

About this book

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.

Subjects

• adventure and adventurers
• adventure stories
• award:newbery_award
• children's fiction
• fiction
• foreign relations
• historical fiction
• japanese
• japanese, united states, fiction
• japan, fiction
• juvenile fiction
• newbery honor
• new york times bestseller
• nyt:chapter-books=2011-02-27
• relations
• samurai
• whaling