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The Samurai's Tale
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Author
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Erik Christian Haugaard.
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Publisher
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Houghton Mifflin
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Format
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paperback
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Product Dimensions
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7.7
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5.2
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0.75
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ISBN
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9780618615124
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Pages/Publication Date
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234/1984
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Daedalus Item Code
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22473
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Description
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The winner of a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and the Children's Literature Association's Phoenix Award, Danish-born playwright, poet, and translator Erik Haugaard penned this 1984 book for readers 10 and up, set in feudal Japan. When Lord Takeda's soldiers sweep across the countryside, killing and plundering, they spare the life of a boy named Taro and take him along with them. Taro becomes a servant in the household of the noble Lord Akiyama, a life made bearable when Taro befriends Togan the cook. But when Togan is murdered, Taro's life takes a new direction; he becomes a samurai, determined to redeem the family legacy stolen from him. "To enter The Samurai's Tale is to immerse oneself completely in 16th-century Japan, when powerful warlords struggled for supremacy. Seldom does a historical novel evoke the mood, color, and soul of an era as skillfully as this one does.... The Samurai's Tale, poetic yet unflinching, is excellent."—Boston Herald
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