01292cam a2200289 4500 351320245 TxAuBib 20180714120000.0 100115s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009051634 9781419702006 7.95 1419702009 7.95 (OCoLC)503005651 TxAuBib Preus, Margi. Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro YAF / Margi Preus. New York : Amulet Books, 2010. 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301). 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. 20180714. Newbery Honor Book, 2011. Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 Fiction. Japanese United States Fiction. Japan Relations United States Fiction. United States Relations Japan Fiction.