Theme: Samurai

Shaolin Tiger

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

The unlikely heroes of the Cockroach Ryu face their greatest danger yet — a warrior seeking revenge against his former teacher, Sensei Ki-Yaga.The White Tiger Temple is under threat. To help the Shaolin monks, Sensei KiYaga and the whole gang of samurai kids— from Niya Moto, the boy with one leg to Taji, the boy [...]

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Young Samurai: The Way of the Dragon

By Book Importer | Published: May 10, 2011

June 1613.  Japan is threatened with war and Jack Fletcher is facing his greatest battle yet. Samurai are taking sides and, as the blood begins to flow, Jack’s warrior training is put to the ultimate test. His survival – and that of his friends – depends upon him mastering the Two Heavens, the secret sword [...]

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Owl Ninja

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

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.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Maneki Neko: The Tale of the Beckoning Cat

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2011

This book retells the Japanese folktale about how the beckoning cat became a symbol of luck and prosperity in Japan.

Descriptors: Asia, Folklore, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales Of The Otori, Book 1)

By Book Importer | Published: October 12, 2010

This is the first book in a new epic trilogy that has already become a bestselling sensation in England and Australia, earning comparisons to The Lord of the Rings. It begins with the legend of a nightingale floor in a black-walled fortress-a floor that sings in alarm at the step of an assassin. It will [...]

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The Samurai’s Daughter

By Book Importer | Published: May 24, 2010

A Japanese folk tale about the brave daughter of a samurai warrior and her journey to be reunited with her exiled father. When Tokoyo’s father, a samurai nobleman, is sent into exile on a lonely island in a distant sea, his young daughter is determined to join him. Despite her noble birth, Tokoyo has spent [...]

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The Endless Steppe: Growing Up In Siberia

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

During World War II, when she was eleven years old, the author and her family were arrested in Poland by the Russians as political enemies and exiled to Siberia. She recounts here the trials of the next five years spent on the harsh Asian steppe.

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