Jeff Stone
1) Monkey
Author
Series
Five ancestors. Original series volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After soldiers of the new Emperor, led by Ying, engage in a fierce battle with the warrior-monks, Malao "the monkey" and his brothers rely on the ancient arts to help set things right.
2) Eagle
Author
Series
Five ancestors. Original series volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After attacking and killing his former grandmaster, sixteen-year-old Ying realizes he has been betrayed in addition to being wanted for treason, and consequently is forced to turn to Hok, his old temple sister, for help.
3) Snake
Author
Series
Five ancestors. Original series volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
With the temple and Grandmaster now gone, twelve-year-old Seh, a snake-style master, joins a bandit gang and meets a mysterious woman whose name means Cobra, while trying to stay ahead of the vengeful Ying.
4) Crane
Author
Series
Five ancestors. Original series volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In China in the mid-seventeenth century, twelve-year-old Hok, disguised as a boy for most of her life, must now assume her proper identity as a girl and try to save her brothers' lives by entering the notorious Jinan City Fight Club.
5) Dragon
Author
Series
Five ancestors. Original series volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Long, a dragon-style kung fu master and the oldest of the five survivors of the destroyed Cangzhen, must get to the Forbidden City before Tonglong declares himself emperor.
6) Mouse
Author
Series
Five ancestors. Original series volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In seventeenth-century China, orphaned ShaoShu, who can squeeze into small spaces, puts his life in danger when he becomes a spy for a young band of warrior monks known as the Five Ancestors and bravely infiltrates evil Tonglong's camp.
7) Jackal
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Jake is offered a chance to race in China for a world class BMX team, he is not sure that he wants to go--but when one of his friends asks him to smuggle a mysterious drug called Dragonbone that can prolong life to her dying mother in China, he feels he has to take the trip, whatever the danger.
8) Lion
Author
Series
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Betrayed by his uncle, Dr. V., Ryan must rely on his friends to help him recover and rebuild his life but Dr. V's confederates think the four friends still know too much and follow them to California to silence them.