My ten year old read a chapter book biography about Manjiro this past year so it was interesting for him to compare this picture book to what he knew and had read.
Manjiro and fellow fishermen are stranded on an island after a terrible storm off of Japan. An American whaler ship rescues them. The Captain Whitfield sort of adopts Manjiro, teaches him English, how to read and provides a home and schooling for him in America. Eventually Manjiro saves enough money to return to his mother and Japan. But will Japan execute him? Since the 1600's the law stated anyone who left the country and who returned would be put to death.
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
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