Gratz, Alan,  1972- <br/><br/>
Samurai shortstop / 
Alan Gratz. 
 - New York :  Dial Books,  c2006. 
 - 280 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Booklist starred 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803730756 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005022081 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Samurai--Fiction.<br/>Fathers and sons--Fiction.<br/>Baseball--Fiction.<br/>Boarding schools--Fiction.<br/>Schools--Fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.<br/>Samurai--Fiction.<br/>Father-son relationship--Fiction.<br/>Baseball--Fiction.<br/>Private schools--Fiction.<br/>School stories.<br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912--Fiction.<br/>Japan--History--1868-1945--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.G77224  / Sam 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]