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Samurai rising : the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune Cover Image Book Book

Samurai rising : the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune / Pamela S. Turner ; illustrated by Gareth Hinds.

Turner, Pamela S., (author.). Hind, Gareth, (illustrator.).

Summary:

When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family -- and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery. Skinny, small, and unskilled in the warrior arts, he nevertheless escaped and learned the ways of the samurai. When the time came for the Minamoto clan to rise up against their enemies, Yoshitsune answered the call. His daring feats and impossible bravery earned him immortality.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781580895842 (reinforced for library use)
  • ISBN: 1580895840 (reinforced for library use)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disaster in Kyoto: Kyoto, 1160 CE -- Headless ghosts: Kurama, 1160-1174 CE -- Samurai boot camp: Hiraizumi, 1174-1180 CE -- Brothers-in-arms: Kamakura, 1180-1184 CE -- Perilous river: Kyoto, 1184 CE -- Midnight strike: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Hooves like hailstones: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Into the storm: Kyoto, Shikoku, and Yashima, 1184-1185 CE -- The dropped bow: Yashima, 1185 CE -- The drowned sword: Dan-no-Ura, 1185 CE -- Assassins in the dark: Dan-no-Ura, Kyoto, and Koshigoe, 1185 CE -- Shizuka's song: Kyoto, Kamakura, and the Yoshino Mountains, 1185-1186 CE -- The fugitive: locations unknown, 1185-1187 CE -- Feast of arrows: Hiraizumi, 1187-1189 CE -- Epilogue: the Samurai weeps.
Study Program Information Note:
Reading Counts! 7.4.
Accelerated Reader 7.2.
A/R 7.2 upper grades 6.0 points.
Awards Note:
2017 YALSA Nonfiction Award Finalist.

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