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Synopsis
At a time when Japan is eager to shed ancient traditions, Toyo is caught up in the new sport of baseball, but when his father decides to teach him the way of the samurai, Toyo grows to better understand his uncle and father while also using his new knowledge to excel at baseball.
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About the Author
Alan Gratz writes, I have long been interested in Japan, but wasn t inspired to write until I stumbled across a curious photograph in a travel guide. In the picture, a Japanese man wearing a kimono and sandals throws out the ceremonial first pitch for the 1915 National High School Baseball Summer Championship Tournament. 1915! I knew of Japan s love affair with baseball, but I had always assumed the sport was imported by American GIs during the Allied occupation at the end of World War II. From there came the spark of an idea that grew into this remarkable first novel. Alan lives with his wife and daughter in Georgia.
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Tokyo, 1890. Toyo is caught up in the competitive world of boarding school, and must prove himself to make the team in a new sport called besuboru. But he grieves for his uncle, a samurai who sacrificed himself for his beliefs, at a time when most of Japan is eager to shed ancient traditions. It's only when his father decides to teach him the way of the samurai that Toyo grows to better understand his uncle and father. And to his surprise, the warrior training guides him to excel at baseball, a sport his father despises as yet another modern Western menace. Toyo searches desperately for a way to prove there is a place for his family's samurai values in modern Japan. Baseball might just be the answer, but will his father ever accept a ?Western? game that stands for everything he despises? Seller Inventory # 00108299980
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Tokyo, 1890. Toyo is caught up in the competitive world of boarding school, and must prove himself to make the team in a new sport called besuboru. But he grieves for his uncle, a samurai who sacrificed himself for his beliefs, at a time when most of Japan is eager to shed ancient traditions. It's only when his father decides to teach him the way of the samurai that Toyo grows to better understand his uncle and father. And to his surprise, the warrior training guides him to excel at baseball, a sport his father despises as yet another modern Western menace. Toyo searches desperately for a way to prove there is a place for his family's samurai values in modern Japan. Baseball might just be the answer, but will his father ever accept a ?Western? game that stands for everything he despises? Seller Inventory # CIN0803730756A
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