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SAMURAI SHORTSTOP

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Gratz
Author's First Name: 
Alan
Publisher: 
Dial
Publication Date: 
2006

In Tokyo during the 1890s, sixteen-year-old Toyo struggles with the clash between western influences and the traditional bushido (samurai) values of his country and his father. Eventually, baseball and bushido help him connect the ancient values of Japan with the modern world.