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Gr 5 Up—A Japanese teenager living in the mid-19th century bridges two worlds in this stunning debut novel based on true events. Manjiro and his fellow fishermen find refuge on a remote island after a storm destroys their ship. When they are rescued by an American whaleboat captain and given the chance to return home with him, Manjiro accepts the offer. His encounters with a land that he has been taught is barbaric and his subsequent efforts to return to Japan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

First-time novelist Preus turns the true story of Manjiro, previously chronicled for children by Rhoda Blumberg (Shipwrecked!, rev. 3/01) and Emily Arnold McCully (Manjiro, rev. 11/08), into an action-packed boy's adventure tale. Shipwrecked on a Pacific island in 1842, fourteen-year-old Manjiro and his fellow fisher-men are rescued by the whaler John Howland and taken to Hawaii. Manjiro, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Shipwrecked in 1842, fourteen-year-old Manjiro and his fellow fishermen are rescued by a whaler. Manjiro stays on the ship, le...Log In or Sign Up to Read More