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1) Samurai
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the samurai, including their history, weapons, and way of life.
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko is targeted by bandits who wish to stop her arranged marriage, a situation that compels her to infiltrate the gang, disguised as a boy, to track down the person responsible for the target on her back.
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place--she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always...
3) Sam Samurai
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great-grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Mariko must uncover deception in the imperial court and rescue Okami, while preparing for her nuptials"--
Author
Series
DC super hero girls (Lisa Yee) volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"In addition to training to be a super hero, Katana also follows the noble warrior traditions of the Samurai. Now an unknown source has given her the responsibility of guarding a hundred ancient Samurai swords--but why her, and for what purpose? With the help of Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Miss Martian, and some of her other super friends, she intends to find out"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In sixteenth-century Japan, master ninja Hiro and the Jesuit priest he is sworn to protect race against time to prevent a wrongful execution by solving the murder of a samurai whose death is linked to numerous possible suspects.
7) Last blood
Author
Series
Blade of the immortal volume 14
Publisher
Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Author
Series
Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 11
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
Under the cover of darkness, a band of ninja thieves has stolen some of Japan's most priceless treasures, including an ancient samurai sword. Can Secret Agent jack Stalwart take on the gang before the treasures are lost forever?
11) The ring of wind
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 7
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Jack Fletcher is battling the high seas. Ambushed by the Shogun's samurai, Jack and his friends have only one hope of escapethe Seto Sea. But with ferocious storms, man-eating sharks, and ninja pirates at every turn, their chosen route is fraught with danger. A treacherous crew only adds to their problems as they flee south from a ruthless samurai sea lord. Unless Jack can harness the Ring of Wind, he and his friends are destined for a watery grave....
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 5
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Jack Fletcher has been left for dead. Bruised and battered, Jack Fletcher wakes up in a roadside inn wrapped only in a dirty kimono. He has lost everything, including his memory of what happened. Determined to discover the truth, Jack goes on a quest to retrieve his belongings.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship with his father.
Author
Series
Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 11
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Under the cover of darkness, a band of ninja thieves has stolen some of Japan's most priceless treasures, including an ancient samurai sword. Can Secret Agent Jack Stalwart take on the gang before the treasures are lost forever?
16) The ring of fire
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 6
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After a snowstorm forces English orphan Jack Fletcher to take shelter in a village, the samurai must decide either to stay and protect the villagers from raiding mountain bandits or keep moving on.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a new generation of enlightened men to lead Japan. Raised in traditional samurai households during the turmoil of civil war, three of these unusual ambassadors--Sutematsu Yamakawa, Shige Nagai, and Ume Tsuda--grew up as typical American schoolgirls. Upon their arrival in San Francisco they became celebrities,...
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