Heart of a Samurai

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.subjects: Historical fiction , Juvenile fiction , Sea , United States , Samurai , Manjir?A? Nakahama , Adventure and adventurers , SHIPWRECKS , Japanese , Manjir??ao Nakahama , Japanese- United States - Fiction , Fictio , Newbery Honor , Fiction , Relations ,Whaling , Manjiro Nakahama 1827-1898 , Japan , 1827-1898 , Sear , Manjir??o Nakahama , Foreign relations.