Rhoda Blumberg
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Description
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.