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Author
Gratz, Alan, 1972-
Title
Samurai shortstop / Alan Gratz.
Imprint
New York : Speak, 2008, c2006.
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PCMS Historical Fiction
F GRATZ
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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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