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

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

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

Summary:

Documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and perfected his fighting skills. --Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1580895840
  • ISBN: 9781580895842
  • ISBN: 9781580895859
  • Physical Description: xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disaster in Kyoto: Kyoto, 1160 -- Headless ghosts: Kurama, 1160-1174 -- Samurai boot camp: Hiraizumi, 1174- 1180 -- Brothers-in-arms: Kamakura, 1180-1184 -- Perilous river: Kyoto, 1184 -- Midnight strike: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 -- Hooves like hailstones: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 -- Into the storm: Kyoto, Shikoku, and Yashima, 1184-1185 -- The dropped bow: Yashima, 1185 -- The drowned sword: Dan-no-Ura, 1185 -- Assassins in the dark: Dan-no-Ura, Kyoto, and Koshigoe, 1185 -- Shizuka's song: Kyoto, Kamakura, and the Yoshino Mountains, 1185-1186 -- The fugitive: locations unknown, 1185-1187 -- Feast of arrows: Hiraizumi, 1187-1189 -- Epilogue: the Samurai weeps.
Target Audience Note:
Middle School
950 Lexile
950L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.2 6 179546.
Accelerated Reader 7.2
Reading Counts! 7.4

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Minamoto, Yoshitsune, 1159-1189 > Juvenile literature.
Generals > Juvenile literature.
Generals > Japan > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Samurai > Juvenile literature.
Samurai > Japan > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Japan > History > Heian period, 794-1185 > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

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