Shipwrecked!

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 learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.

Subjects

• biography
• foreign relations
• history
• japan, history
• japan, juvenile literature
• juvenile literature
• new york times reviewed
• relations