The Resource Heart of a Samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama, Margi Preus
Heart of a Samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama, Margi Preus
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The item Heart of a Samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama, Margi Preus represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in South Whitley Community Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 301 pages
- Contents
-
- Part One: The unknown
- Part Two: The Barbarians
- Part Three: The New World
- Isbn
- 9780810989818
- Label
- Heart of a Samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama
- Title
- Heart of a Samurai
- Title remainder
- based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama
- Statement of responsibility
- Margi Preus
- Subject
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- trueHistorical fiction
- trueJapan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- trueJapanese in the United States
- trueNakahama, Manjiro, 1827-1898
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueRescues
- trueSamurai
- trueTeenage boys
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
- trueFourteen-year-old boys
- Language
- eng
- 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
- 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
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2011
- Asian Pacific American Asian Pacific American Award for Literature: Children’s Literature, 2011.
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2010
- Notable Books for a Global Society, 2011.
- Awards note
-
- Newbery Honor book, 2011.
- Young Hoosier Book Intermediate Award nominee, 2013-2014.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 348779
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Preus, Margi
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 760
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 760
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 5
- 12
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nakahama, Manjirō
- Japan
- United States
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro
- Label
- Heart of a Samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama, Margi Preus
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part One: The unknown -- Part Two: The Barbarians -- Part Three: The New World
- Control code
- 20064347
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 301 pages
- Isbn
- 9780810989818
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrated
- Label
- Heart of a Samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama, Margi Preus
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part One: The unknown -- Part Two: The Barbarians -- Part Three: The New World
- Control code
- 20064347
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 301 pages
- Isbn
- 9780810989818
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrated
Subject
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueJapan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- trueJapanese in the United States
- trueNakahama, Manjiro, 1827-1898
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueRescues
- trueSamurai
- trueTeenage boys
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction
- trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
- trueFourteen-year-old boys
Genre
Included in
- true19th Century
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Older Readers Category: 2011
- trueAsian Pacific American Award for Literature: Children's Literature
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 2010
- trueImmigration, 19th and Early 20th Centuries : Fiction for Grades 6-8
- trueNotable Books for a Global Society: 2011
- Award
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2011
- Award
- Asian Pacific American Asian Pacific American Award for Literature: Children’s Literature, 2011.
- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2010
- Award
- Notable Books for a Global Society, 2011.
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