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Author Gratz, Alan, 1972-

Title Samurai shortstop / Alan Gratz.

Imprint New York : Speak, 2008, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Historical Fiction  F GRATZ    ---  Available
Description 280 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Indexed In: ALA Booklist
ALA Best Book For Young Adults
Bulletin(Center for Children's Books)
Horn Book
Summary While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship with his father.
Audience 4.9 Perma-Bound Books.
9-12 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR 4.9 9.0 106131. PCMS
Subject Samurai -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Baseball -- Fiction.
Boarding schools -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Samurai -- Fiction.
Father-son relationship -- Fiction.
Baseball -- Fiction.
Private schools -- Fiction.
School stories.
Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912 -- Fiction.
Japan -- History -- 1868-1912, Meiji period -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
ISBN 0142410993 : $12.89
0605096864

 
    
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