Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
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Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
By Pamela S. Turner
IllustratorsIllustrated by Gareth HindsEdition
Hardcover edition
PublisherCharlesbridgeImprintCharlesbridgeISBN
9781580895842
Awards and Honors<i>Booklist</i> 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Biographies<br>
The Kirkus Prize 2016 Nominee, Young Readers<br>
<i>SLJ</i>’s Best Books of 2016, Nonfiction<br>
<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best Books of 2016, Middle-Grade<br>
New York Public Library 2016 50 Best Books for Teens, Nonfiction<br>
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, 2017 Finalist<br>
<i>Booklist</i> 2016 Editors’ Choice, Books for Youth, Middle Readers, Nonfiction<br>
ALSC Notable Children’s Books 2017, Older Readers<br>
<i>BCCB</i> 2016 Blue Ribbons, Nonfiction<br>
The Nonfiction Detectives, 2016 Best Nonfiction Books for Children<br>
2017 Capitol Choices, Ten to Fourteen
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
2017 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist Kyoto, Japan, 1160: young Minamoto Yoshitsune was far from becoming a famed samurai. After his father died in a failed act of revenge, Yoshitsune inherited only "a lost war, a shattered family, and a bitter enemy."
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