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.
See the review at WOW Review Volume 5, Issue 4
- ISBN: 9780763653460
- Author: Fussell, Sandy
- Illustrator: Swanson, Joshua
- Published: 2011
- Themes: contest, disabilities, Friendship, Samurai, training, warriors
- Descriptors: Asia, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan
- No. of pages: 256