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Shipwrecked!

Rhoda Blumberg

200080 pagesabout 1–2 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000HarperCollins · 80 pages · ENGISBN 9780688174842
  • 2001HarperCollins · 80 pages · ENGISBN 9780060293659
  • 2003HarperTrophy · 80 pages · ENGISBN 9780688174859
  • 2003Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613614580
  • 2003Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media · ENGISBN 9780606274029

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 learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.

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Written forMiddle grade
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