The Master Puppeteer

by Katherine Paterson

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Who is Saburo in "The Master Puppeteer"?

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The identity of Saburo, the Robin Hood-like bandit who helps the poor during famine in Osaka in the late 1700s, is revealed in Chapter 13.  It is Okada, the old, blind chanter, the master puppeteer.

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