Samurai Shortstop

Name: Samurai Shortstop
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ISBN: 9780142410998

ISBN-10: 0142410993

ISBN-13: 9780142410998

Edition: N/A

Authors: Alan M. Gratz, Alan M. Gratz

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Tokyo, 1890. Toyo is caught up in the competitive world of boarding school, and must prove himself to make the team in a new sport called besuboru. But he grieves for his uncle, a samurai who sacrificed himself for his beliefs, at a time when most of Japan is eager to shed ancient traditions. Its only when his father decides to teach him the way of the samurai that Toyo grows to better understand his uncle and father. And to his surprise, the warrior training guides him to excel at baseball, a sport his father despises as yet another modern Western menace. Toyo searches desperately for a way to prove there is a place for his familys samurai values in modern Japan. Baseball might just be the…

Book details

List price: $9.99
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 2/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638