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.
- ISBN: 9780763650032
- Author: Fussell, Sandy
- Illustrator: James, Rhian Nest
- Published: 2011 , Candlewick Press
- Themes: disabilities, Friendship, Journey, Samurai
- Descriptors: Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 248