Gratz, Alan, 1972-

Samurai shortstop / Alan Gratz. - New York : Dial Books, c2006. - 280 p. ; 22 cm.

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While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship with his father.

Young Adult

0803730756

2005022081


Samurai--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Boarding schools--Fiction.
Schools--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Samurai--Fiction.
Father-son relationship--Fiction.
Baseball--Fiction.
Private schools--Fiction.
School stories.
Historical fiction.


Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912--Fiction.
Japan--History--1868-1945--Fiction.

PZ7.G77224 / Sam 2006

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