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Samurai & Feudal Japan

Samurai Shortstop

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  • 2006 first published
  • 280 pages
  • 3 editions
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Published in 2006, Samurai Shortstop is a feudal-Japan fiction novel by Alan Gratz. The story is set in Japan, in the Meiji period, 1868–1912. Readers will find themes of fathers and sons, Samurai, Baseball and boarding schools.

6 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

At about 280 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

  • Meiji period, 1868–1912

Subjects

  • Fathers and sons
  • Samurai
  • Baseball
  • Boarding schools
  • Schools
  • Children's fiction
  • Japan
  • Baseball stories

Quick answers

Who wrote Samurai Shortstop?

Samurai Shortstop was written by Alan Gratz and first published in 2006.

What genre is Samurai Shortstop?

It is usually shelved as Samurai & Feudal Japan.

How long is Samurai Shortstop?

The median edition has 280 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Samurai Shortstop?

Readers who like it often enjoy Signs for Lost Children, Il Segreto Dei Tre Samurai and The ghost in the Tokaido Inn.

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