Kensuke's kingdom
Readers rate it 3.9 (38 on Hardcover)
176 pages · Released 2005 · Egmont
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Kensuke's Kingdom is a thoughtful survival adventure that explores themes of friendship, loss, and human connection across cultural divides. While the shipwreck and references to war/Hiroshima provide some mature content, the tone is reflective rather than graphic, making it suitable for middle-grade readers with some emotional maturity. The relationship between Michael and Kensuke models compassion and resilience, and the story offers rich historical and cultural learning opportunities.
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Michael's parents buy a yacht, and take him off to sail round the world. Washed overboard in a fierce storm, Michael finds himself on the shore of a remote island - and soon discovers he's not alone. Kensuke, a former Japanese soldier, survived the war and the bombing of Hiroshima, but his family perished. As an extrao... Michael's parents buy a yacht, and take him off to sail round the world. Washed overboard in a fierce storm, Michael finds himself on the shore of a remote island - and soon discovers he's not alone. Kensuke, a former Japanese soldier, survived the war and the bombing of Hiroshima, but his family perished. As an extraordinary bond forms between the two, Kensuke faces a heart-breaking choice: can he give up the secluded life he's built for himself to help reunite Michael with his parents?
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- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks
- Japanese
- Islands
- Castaways
- Survival
- Shipwrecks
- Adventure stories
- Drama (dramatic works by one author)
- Children's fiction
- Adventure and adventurers, fiction
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ISBN 9781405221740 · Egmont