Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
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Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
By Pamela S. Turner
IllustratorsIllustrated by Gareth HindsEdition
Hardcover edition
PublisherCharlesbridgeImprintCharlesbridgeISBN
9781580895842
Awards and HonorsBooklist 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Biographies
The Kirkus Prize 2016 Nominee, Young Readers SLJ’s Best Books of 2016, Nonfiction Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2016, Middle-Grade
New York Public Library 2016 50 Best Books for Teens, Nonfiction
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2017 Finalist Booklist 2016 Editors’ Choice, Books for Youth, Middle Readers, Nonfiction
ALSC Notable Children’s Books 2017, Older Readers BCCB 2016 Blue Ribbons, Nonfiction
The Nonfiction Detectives, 2016 Best Nonfiction Books for Children
2017 Capitol Choices, Ten to Fourteen
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
2017 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist Kyoto, Japan, 1160: young Minamoto Yoshitsune was far from becoming a famed samurai. After his father died in a failed act of revenge, Yoshitsune inherited only "a lost war, a shattered family, and a bitter enemy."
Title alpha Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
Level Young Adult Plus
Pages Count 256
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Minamoto Yoshitsune (1159–1189). Kyoto, Japan. Samurai. Heian period (794–1185).
SRC Level 7.400000
SRC Points 10.000000
Lexile 950L
Trim Size 6" x 9"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2016-02-01
JLG Release Date May 2016
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
Young Adult Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
Young Adult Plus
Young Adult Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
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