Shipwrecked!
by Rhoda Blumberg · 2000
Popularity 30
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.
Juvenile literatureRelationsHistoryBiographyForeign relationsJapan, juvenile literatureJapan, historyNew York Times reviewed