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Description for Bamboo Sword
Paperback. The exciting historical fiction novel by award-winning author Margi Preus about a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai, now in paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Archival images throughout. BIC Classification: 5AL; YFC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 212 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 372.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Abrams United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781419708244
SKU
V9781419708244
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Margi Preus
Margi Preus is the author of the acclaimed novels West of the Moon, Shadow on the Mountain, and Newbery Honor–winner Heart of a Samurai. She also writes and cowrites plays, sketches, and adaptations for theater. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.
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