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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 2
Pub. Date
2011, c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Description
In 1611 Japan, English orphan Jack Fletcher continues his difficult training at Niten Ichi Ryu Samurai School, while also trying to get back the rutter, his father's navigational logbook, that an evil ninja wants to possess.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Orphaned by a ninja pirate attack off the coast of Japan in 1611, twelve-year-old English lad Jack Fletcher is determined to prove himself, despite the bullying of fellow students, when the legendary sword master who rescued him begins training him as a samurai warrior.
4) Owl ninja
Author
Series
Samurai kids volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Sensei Ki-yaga leads Niya and the other students of the Cockroach Ryu on a journey to beg the feudal Emperor to stop war from breaking out between the mountain ryus, putting to the test the firm friendship and unusual skills of these physically-disabled samurai-in-training.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Returning home to investigate the possible connection of his family's tea shop with smugglers, Seikei, now a samauri in eighteenth-century Japan, becomes involved in murder at a local puppet theater and saving the life of his sister's accused boyfriend.
Author
Series
Samurai kids volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Even though he has only one leg, Niya Moto is studying to be a samurai, and his five fellow-students are similarly burdened, but sensei Ki-Yaga, an ancient but legendary warrior, teaches them not only physical skills but mental and spiritual ones as well, so that they are well-equipped to face their most formidable opponents at the annual Samurai Games.
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 6
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Jack Fletcher faces his toughest challenge yet. After a snowstorm forces him to take shelter, Jack comes across a village in need of protection from raiding mountain bandits. Torn between moving on or helping, Jack is persuaded to stay and fight the villagers' cause. But Jack is the first and only samurai to do so. Now he must enlist other warriors to the villagers' aid before the bandits return to steal their harvest. No easy task when the reward...
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 4
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Jack Fletcher is on the run. With no sensei to guide him, he has just his wits and his swords against many new and unknown enemies, as he journeys along the treacherous road to the port of Nagasaki and perhaps home...But the Shogun's samurai are hot on his trail. Barely escaping their clutches, Jack runs headlong into a trap. Kidnapped by ninja and led to their village deep in the mountains, Jack has no means of escape. The only question is who will...
12) Samurai strike
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Rangers discover pools of Sanzu River water seeping from the Netherworld into our world, which can only mean one thing: the Nighloks are growing stronger.
Author
Series
The elusive samurai volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyukis peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is betrayed from within. The lone survivor of his family, Tokiyuki is the rightful heir to the throne, but to take it back, hell have to do what he does bestrun away! After the massacre of his family by the traitor Ashikaga...