Book
Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
- Published
- 2003
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 80
- Words
- 11117
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 7.4
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 1020L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 8–17
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 U.S.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780688174859
- ISBN-10
- 068817485X
Tags
AdventureALSC NotablesBiographyNonfiction