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Margi Preus

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Margi Preus is a children's writer. She is a 2011 Newbery Honor winner and won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Heart of a Samurai. ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 17,350 ratings · 2,808 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Heart of a Samurai 3.95 avg rating — 8,171 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	West of the Moon 3.72 avg rating — 3,880 ratings — published 2014 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow on the Mountain 3.92 avg rating — 2,528 ratings — published 2012 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Village of Scoundrels: A Novel Based on a True Story of Courage During WWII 3.76 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enchantment Lake (Northwoods, #1) 3.30 avg rating — 453 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Littlest Voyageur by Margi Preus, Cheryl Pilgrim (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 328 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bamboo Sword 3.78 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Windswept by Margi Preus, Armando Veve (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 304 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celebritrees: Historic & Famous Trees of the World by Margi Preus, Rebecca Gibbon (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lily Leads the Way by Margi Preus, Matt Myers (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.67 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Samurai (2 books)
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3.95 avg rating — 8,477 ratings

Northwoods (3 books)
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3.41 avg rating — 614 ratings

The Shrew Detective (1 book)
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Junyi Wu (Illustrator)

4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings

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“Look at this world! So vast! So wide! Huge masses of land spread across it; multitudes of green and brown islands dotted the blue expanse of the oceans. He felt like a bird contemplating the sky.”
― Margi Preus, Heart of a Samurai

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“These shells are just like the people of the world, Okachan,' Manjiro said, speaking not just to his mother, but to everyone. 'They come from many places. They come in many different colors and sizes. But they are all beautiful.”
― Margi Preus, Heart of a Samurai

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“The door through which he had glimpsed such wondrous light, he had walked through. He had encountered both beauty and pain. Now he understood that was how it would always be—no matter where he went in the world.”
― Margi Preus, Heart of a Samurai

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West of the Moon by Margi Preus

18 votes 28.6%

The Riverman by Aaron Starmer

14 votes 22.2%

The Night Gardener (write-in)

8 votes 12.7%

The Nethergrim by Matthew Jobin

6 votes 9.5%

The Riverman

5 votes 7.9%

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

4 votes 6.3%

Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage (write-in)

2 votes 3.2%

Lantern Sam and the Blue Streak Bandits by Michael D. Beil

1 vote 1.6%

The riverman

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West of the moon (write-in)

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West of the Moon (write-in)

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The Crossover (write-in)

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Lantern Sam and the Blue Streak Bandits (write-in)

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