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Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place. She may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her twin brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands.
Author
Series
Sisters of the sword volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Two aristocratic sisters in ancient Japan disguise themselves as samurai warriors to take revenge on the uncle who betrayed their family.
3) White crane
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
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
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Description
In 1611 Japan, English orphan Jack Fletcher continues his difficult training at Niten Ichi Ryu Samurai School, while also trying to get back the rutter, his father's navigational logbook, that an evil ninja wants to possess.
Author
Series
Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 11
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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?
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Description
After he is orphaned by a ninja pirate attack off the coast of Japan in 1611, English lad Jack Fletcher is determined to prove himself when the legendary sword master who rescued him begins training him as a samurai warrior.
Author
Series
Young Samurai volume 3
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Description
In 1613 Japan, English orphan Jack Fletcher's determination to keep the rutter, his father's navigational logbook, safe at all costs places his friends, daimyo Takatomi, and others in great danger.
Author
Series
Tao the little samurai volume 3
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Tao is a fearless samurai apprentice studying to become a virtuoso martial artist. But when you're naturally good at pranks, practical jokes, and other silly antics (including trying to teach kung fu moves to the big, lazy cat, Bruce Lee), it's hard to concentrate on learning how to slay dragons"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2005], c1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
In turbulent sixteenth-century Japan, orphaned Taro is taken in by a general serving the great warlord Takeda Shingen and grows up to become a samurai fighting for the enemies of his dead family.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Two unemployed samurai are saved from drowning by the Ainus, a primitive people on a northern Japanese island, and are torn in their loyalties when the possibility of war arises between the Ainus and a band of Japanese settlers.
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Wild Willie showed up at my door and invited me to travel with him to Japan, I jumped at the chance. We were in search of an ancient, legendary samurai scroll that holds the secret to a long-lost fighting technique. The scroll had fallen into the wrong hands, and it was up to me and Wild Willie to track it down and save the day. But first, we would have to fight a group of talented ninjas. Holey cheese -- this would be one adventure I would never...
14) Smoke in the sun
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Description
"Mariko must uncover deception in the imperial court and rescue Okami, while preparing for her nuptials"--
After Ōkami is captured in the Jukai forest, Mariko returns to Inako and faces the dangers that have been waiting for her in the Heian Castle. She tricks her brother, Kenshin, and betrothed, Raiden, into thinking she was being held by the Black Clan against her will, playing the part of the dutiful bride-to-be to infiltrate the emperor's ranks...
16) Sam Samurai
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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
Shadow of the fox volume 3
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Description
Even with the combined skills of Kage Tatsumi and the demon Hakaimono inside of him, they both know that it may be impossible to overcome the evil forces that control the cursed sword that keep them trapped as one.
18) Wild animals!
Author
Series
Tao the little samurai volume 5
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Training at Master Kerozen's dojo takes a twist when new student Chou-Chen arrives and distracts some of the students from their practice, which now includes working with animals.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old Seikei, a merchant's son in training to be a samurai, helps his patron investigate a series of murders and arson in the capital city of Edo, each of which is associated in some way with a popular geisha.
Author
Series
Tao the little samurai volume 4
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The students of Master Kerozen's dojo are excited about their trip to the International Martial Arts Championship, but upon arrival two of the best fighters in the school's history, Kato Hiro and Jude Jitsu, disappear.
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