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Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy

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By Rhoda Blumberg
Publisher HarperCollins
Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
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In the 1800s, the Japanese government had strict isolation laws. By decree, foreigners and ideas from outside Japan were forbidden. So when fourteenyearold Manjiro and four other fishermen were shipwrecked on a small rocky island three hundred miles from shore, they wondered if they would ever be allowed to return home!Celebrated author Rhoda Blumberg regales us with Manjiros exciting true story. He was the first Japanese person to come to the United States, and his impressions of the country give us vivid glimpses of midnineteenthcentury American life. He even took part in the Gold Rush!In a surprising twist of fate, Manjiro became a hero in Japan, playing an important role in opening his country to westerners.Told here by a brilliant storyteller with a passion for history, Manjiros biography is a fastpaced, historically accurate, inspiring truelife adventure.

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11393 words11,393 words
80 pages80 pages
Lexile 1020LLexile 1020L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 2001Published 2001

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