The bamboo sword / Margi Preus.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Amulet Books, 2015Description: 335 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1419708074 (hardback)
- 9781419708077 (hardback)
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction
- Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 -- Juvenile fiction
- Americans -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Samurai -- Juvenile fiction
- Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Japan -- History -- Restoration, 1853-1870 -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | Preus Margi | Available | 33111008126696 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Set in 1853 in Japan, this novel follows Yoshi, a Japanese boy who dreams of someday becoming a samurai. Unfortunately, as part of the serving class, Yoshi can never become a warrior. He is taken up by Manjiro, the protagonist of Preus's Heart of a Samurai, and becomes his servant and secret watchdog. Meanwhile, Commodore Matthew Perry and his USS Susquehanna squadron of steamships arrive in Edo Bay demanding "diplomatically" that Japan open its ports to foreign trade. Aboard the commodore's flagship is a cabin boy, Jack, who becomes separated from his American companions while on shore. When he and Yoshi cross paths, they set out on a grand adventure to get Jack back to his ship before he is discovered by the shogun's samurai.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331).
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.