| Phys Descr |
xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Middle School |
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950 Lexile |
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Accelerated Reader 7.2 |
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Reading Counts! 7.4 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index |
| Contents |
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 |
| 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 |
| Subject |
Minamoto, Yoshitsune, 1159-1189 -- Juvenile literature
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Minamoto, Yoshitsune, 1159-1189 |
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Generals -- Japan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Samurai -- Japan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Japan -- History -- Heian period, 794-1185 -- Juvenile literature
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Japan -- History -- Heian period, 794-1185 |
| Alt Author |
Hind, Gareth, illustrator
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| OCLC # |
908698781 |
| ISBN # |
9781580895842 |
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1580895840 |
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