Heart of a samurai : a novel inspired by a true adventure on the high seas by Preus, Margi 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2011)

BTSB #: P06583 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Nakahama, Manjiro,|d1827-1898 - Fiction Japanese - United States - Fiction Japan - Fiction United States - Fiction

Summary: In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a shipwreck, Manjiro, 14, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs in the United States.

Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro by Preus, Margi 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2010)

BTSB #: 731438 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 760 F&P: W

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Nakahama, Manjiro,|d1827-1898 - Fiction Japanese - United States - Fiction Japan - Fiction United States - Fiction

Summary: In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a shipwreck, Manjiro, 14, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs in the United States.

Sound of life and everything by Van Dolzer, Krista 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2015)

BTSB #: 902575 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 750

Genres: Family Life Historical Fiction

Subjects: Family life - California - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Japanese - United States - Fiction Cloning - Fiction California - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1950s California, grieving Mildred Clausen tries to have her son, who was killed in World War II, cloned but instead, a Japanese man emerges and her niece, Ella Mae, befriends him, in spite of the town's intense prejudice and her aunt's conviction that he is her son's killer.

Words to make a friend : a story in Japanese and English by Napoli, Donna Jo 

BTSB Prebound(Random House Studio, 2021)

BTSB #: 667255 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 4-6   
AR: 0.9 LG Lexile: NP F&P: I

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Communication - Fiction Japanese - United States - Fiction Japanese language - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Snow - Fiction

Summary: When a young Japanese girl moves into her new house, she is happy to see a girl her age playing in the snow just outside her window. The only problem is the Japanese girl doesn't speak English and the American girl doesn't speak Japanese. But each girl's love of the snow teaches them that they don't need to speak the same language to have fun!