paperback, 336 pages
Published Feb. 1, 2012 by Amulet Paperbacks.
Heart of a Samurai
by Margi Preus
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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.