The bamboo sword

By Margi Preus

Subjects: Japan, fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Asia, Seafaring life, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Samurai, fiction, Friendship, fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, Fiction, Children's fiction, Americans, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia, History, Adventure and adventurers, Friendship, Samurai

Description: Set in 1853 in Japan, this novel follows Yoshi, a Japanese boy who dreams of someday becoming a samurai. Unfortunately, as part of the serving class, Yoshi can never become a warrior.