Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
by Rhoda Blumberg
At age nine, in 1836, Manjiro Nakahama started fishing to support his mother and... read more
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- Grade
- 3-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian
Year Published 2003
Word Count 11,117
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1020L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 46291, 2 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
- History
- United States
- United States--Relations--Japan--Juvenile literature
- Relations
- Japan
- 19th century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Japan--Relations--United States--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Japan--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- Nakahama, Manjiro
- Lists With This Book
- Survival Books
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Awards & Distinctions 3
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2002
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2002
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2001
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