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Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Description
"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."--Title page verso.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yuan jian tian xia wen hua chu ban
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
中文(繁體)
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When he is shipwrecked and unable to return to Japan due to the chance of being executed, fourteen-year-old Manjiro is rescued by the captain of an American whaling ship who takes him to Massachusetts where he is torn between his second home and seeing his mother again.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Description
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.
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