Preus, Margi.

Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro / by Margi Preus. - New York : Amulet Books, 2010. - 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

ISBN: 9781419702006 (pbk.) 9780810989818 (alk. paper) 0810989816 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009051634

Subjects--Personal Names:
Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Japanese--United States--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan--Relations--United States--Fiction.
United States--Relations--Japan--Fiction.