Young Samurai The Way of the Warrior
Shipwrecked on the shore of Japan, twelve-year-old Jack Fletcher is wounded and alone. His father and the entire crew have been slaughtered by ninja pirates. Jack’s last remaining possession is his father’s rudder, an invaluable book of maps and notes about the world’s uncharted oceans....
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Shipwrecked on the shore of Japan, twelve-year-old Jack Fletcher is wounded and alone. His father and the entire crew have been slaughtered by ninja pirates. Jack’s last remaining possession is his father’s rudder, an invaluable book of maps and notes about the world’s uncharted oceans. Masamoto-sama, one of Japan’s greatest samurai, rescues Jack, adopts him, and sends him to samurai school, where Jack will be trained in the Way of the Warrior. Will it be enough to help Jack defeat Dragon Eye, the ruthless ninja who is intent on stealing the rudder at any cost?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781423119869 (142311986X)
ASIN: 142311986X
Publish date: February 16th 2010
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Pages no: 360
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Asian Literature,
Japan,
Action,
Japanese Literature
Series: Young Samurai (#1)
I think I actually didn't hate this book when I read it years ago. I should have. I mean, look at even the title - generic much? Inside this book is a really stupid and uncredited through-the-looking-glass-type-alternate-reality-version of the Sengoku period from Japanese history. Every single nam...
I'd love this if I had read this as a teenager.
A lovely and interesting child's book. I would definitely recommend for young readers (maybe up to the age of ten or 12) and for those of us older readers who are looking for an enjoyable and mindless read to relax to.This novel was the first in a series and it will be a series that I will continue...
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