Samurai rising : the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune / Pamela S. Turner ; illustrated by Gareth Hinds.

Author/creator Turner, Pamela S. author.
Other author Hind, Gareth, illustrator.
Format Book
PublicationWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016]
Copyright Date©2016
Descriptionxiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Minamoto, Yoshitsune, 1159-1189--Juvenile literature.
Generals--Japan. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Samurai--Japan. --Biography. --Juvenile literature.
Japan--History. --Heian period, 794-1185. --Juvenile literature.

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.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.
Audience 950 Lexile
Study program note Accelerated Reader
Study program note Reading Counts!
LCCN 2014049179
ISBN9781580895842 (reinforced for library use)
ISBN1580895840 (reinforced for library use)