In 1853, few Japanese people
knew that a country
called America even existed.

For centuries, Japan had isolated itself from the outside world by refusing to trade with other countries and even refusing to help shipwrecked sailors, foreign or Japanese. The country's people still lived under a feudal system like that of Europe in the Middle Ages. But everything began to change when American Commodore Perry and his troops sailed to the Land of the Rising Sun, bringing with them new science and technology, and a new way of life.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 01/21/2003
ISBN: 9780060086251
Pages: 144
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 10.42h x 8.60w x 0.52d
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 02/03/2003 pg. 78
Publishers Weekly 02/03/2003

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 34741 / Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
Reading Level: 7.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 3