Heart of a Samurai Preus MargiPaperback
New York Times Bestseller!Winner, John Newbery MedalNPR Backseat Book Club pick "A terrific biographical novel" --Wall Street JournalIn 1841 a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim…
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New York Times Bestseller!Winner, John Newbery MedalNPR Backseat Book Club pick "A terrific biographical novel" --Wall Street JournalIn 1841 a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship. Japan's borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew sets off to America, learning English on the way.Manjiro, a 14-year-old boy, is curious and eager to learn everything he can about this new culture. Eventually the captain adopts Manjiro and takes him to his home in New England. The boy lives there for some time and then heads to San Francisco to pan for gold. After many years, he makes it back to Japan, only to be imprisoned as an outsider.With his hard-won knowledge of the West, Manjiro is in a unique position to persuade