Samurai Rising
Subtitle: the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
By: Pamela S. Turner ; illustrated by Gareth Hinds
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Watertown, MA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781580895842
Notes: American Library Association Notable Book, Booklist Editor's Choice, Booklist Top Ten Biography for Youth, Eureka! Gold Award, California Reading Association, Junior Library Guild Selection, Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Books, School Library Journal Battle of the Kid's Books Contender, School Library Journal Best of the Year, YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award finalist, Nerdy Book Award, Nonfiction Detectives Best of the Year, Booklist starred review, School Library Journal starred review, Bulletin of the Cooperative Center for Children's Books starred review, Kirkus starred review, Capitol Choices, Texas Topaz Reading List
Table of contents: title: Disaster in Kyoto: Kyoto, 1160 CE; title: Headless ghosts: Kurama, 1160-1174 CE; title: Samurai boot camp: Hiraizumi, 1174-1180 CE; title: Brothers-in-arms: Kamakura, 1180-1184 CE; title: Perilous river: Kyoto, 1184 CE; title: Midnight strike: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE; title: Hooves like hailstones: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE; title: Into the storm: Kyoto, Shikoku, and Yashima, 1184-1185 CE; title: The dropped bow: Yashima, 1185 CE; title: The drowned sword: Dan-no-Ura, 1185 CE; title: Assassins in the dark: Dan-no-Ura, Kyoto, and Koshigoe, 1185 CE; title: Shizuka's song: Kyoto, Kamakura, and the Yoshino Mountains, 1185-1186 CE; title: The fugitive: locations unknown, 1185-1187 CE; title: Feast of arrows: Hiraizumi, 1187-1189 CE; title: Epilogue: the Samurai weeps