Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

by Pamela S. Turner

Book Overview

Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. But his story is legend in this real-life saga. This epic warrior tale reads like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history. When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family--and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery. Skinny,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580895840
• ISBN13: 9781580895842
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher