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Samurai & Feudal JapanAdventure

The Bamboo Sword

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  • 2015 first published
  • 362 pages
  • 4 editions
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Published in 2015, The Bamboo Sword is a feudal-Japan fiction and adventure fiction novel by Margi Preus. It takes readers to Japan in Restoration, 1853–1870. Characters include Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) and ManjirΜ? Nakahama (1827-1898). Readers will find themes of Samurai, americans, friendship and seafaring life.

It has been published in 4 editions.

At about 362 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

  • Restoration, 1853–1870

Characters

  • Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858)
  • ManjirΜ? Nakahama (1827-1898)

Subjects

  • Samurai
  • Americans
  • Friendship
  • Seafaring life
  • Children's fiction
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Japan
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
  • JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia
  • JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Asia

Quick answers

Who wrote The Bamboo Sword?

The Bamboo Sword was written by Margi Preus and first published in 2015.

What genre is The Bamboo Sword?

It is usually shelved as Samurai & Feudal Japan and Adventure.

How long is The Bamboo Sword?

The median edition has 362 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Bamboo Sword?

Readers who like it often enjoy Il Segreto Dei Tre Samurai, The Black Lotus and Young Samurai.

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