{"product_id":"manjiro-the-boy-who-risked-his-life-for-two-countries-9780374347925","title":"Manjiro: The Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManjiro: The Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries\u003c\/strong\u003e by McCully, Emily Arnold. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780374347925.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1841, Japan had been closed to the outside world for 250 years, and anyone who tried to return to the country after leaving it could be executed. So when the small fishing boat on which fourteen-year-old Manjiro was working was shipwrecked, he despaired of ever returning to his village. The captain of the American whaling ship that rescued Manjiro took a special interest in him, inviting him to come live in Massachusetts. There, Manjiro was treated like Captain Whitfields son, and he began to feel as though Massachusetts was his second home. Still, he never gave up his dream of finding a way to return to Japan and see his mother again.\nWatercolor illustrations bring to life the true story of a determined and resourceful young man whose intimate knowledge of two cultures later led him to play an important role in the opening of Japan to Western trade and ideas.\nManjiro is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Childrens Book of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118728077365,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374347921","price":29.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374347925_1df2dc11-6ed8-45fc-a9e3-5735319430ad.jpg?v=1781300196","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/manjiro-the-boy-who-risked-his-life-for-two-countries-9780374347925","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}