Heart of a Samurai: Newbery Medal-Winning Adventure Novel by Preus, Margi

Heart of a Samurai: Newbery Medal-Winning Adventure Novel

A New York Times bestseller, Heart of a Samurai is "a terrific biographical novel" (Wall Street Journal),...
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Author: Margi Preus
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Language: English
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Heart of a Samurai: Newbery Medal-Winning Adventure Novel by Preus, Margi

Heart of a Samurai: Newbery Medal-Winning Adventure Novel

$16.97

Heart of a Samurai: Newbery Medal-Winning Adventure Novel

$16.97
Author: Margi Preus
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A New York Times bestseller, Heart of a Samurai is "a terrific biographical novel" (Wall Street Journal), filled with international adventure, a look at cultural differences, and both American and Japanese history.

A Newbery Medal Winner * An NPR Backseat Book Club pick

This award-winning adventure novel will thrill and enrich every young reader who picks it up.

In 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 the emperor to ease open the boundaries around Japan; he may even achieve his unlikely dream of becoming a samurai.

"Illustrated with Manjiro's own pencil drawings in addition to other archival material and original art from Tamaki, this is a captivating fictionalized (although notably faithful) retelling of the boy's adventures. Capturing his wonder, remarkable willingness to learn, the prejudice he encountered and the way he eventually influenced officials in Japan to open the country, this highly entertaining page-turner." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Author: Margi Preus
Publisher: Amulet Books
Published: 01/01/2012
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781419702006
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 139383 / Heart of a Samurai


Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee

About the Author

Margi Preus has written many popular plays and picture books for children, including Windswept, Lily Leads the Way, and The Bamboo Sword. She teaches a children's literature course at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, where she writes for Colder by the Lake Comedy Theater and also watches for whales on Lake Superior.


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