Bound To Stay Bound

		Bamboo sword  Author: Preus, Margi  Publisher:  Amulet Books (2015)  Classification: Fiction  Physical Description: 335 p., ill., 21 cm.  BTSB No: 731420  ISBN: 9781419708077  Ages: 10-14  Grades: 5-9  Subjects:  Nakahama, Manjiro, -- 1827-1898 -- Fiction  Perry, Matthew Calbraith, -- 1794-1858 -- Fiction  Adventure fiction  Americans -- Japan -- Fiction  Friendship -- Fiction  Seafaring life -- Fiction  Samurai -- Fiction  Japan -- History -- Restoration, 1853-1870 -- Fiction
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Summary:
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Manjiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships.

Accelerated Reader Information:    Interest Level: MG    Reading Level: 5.70    Points: 8.0   Quiz: 176194		Reading Counts Information:    Interest Level: 6-8    Reading Level: 5.40    Points: 14.0   Quiz: 66871

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (06/01/15)
   School Library Journal (08/01/15)
   Booklist (06/01/15)
 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (A) (00/11/15)
 The Hornbook (00/11/15)

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Booklist - 06/01/2015 - Copyright 2015 Booklist.

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