Jet Black and the Ninja Wind

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Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146291344X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis Jet Black and the Ninja Wind by : Leza Lowitz

Download or read book Jet Black and the Ninja Wind written by Leza Lowitz and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Winner of the 2013-2014 Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature** **2015 Sakura Medal Nominee** **Shortlisted for the 2014 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award** **Nominated for the Cybils Young Adult Bloggers Literary Award** Seventeen-year-old Jet Black is a ninja. There's only one problem—she doesn't know it. Jet has never lived a so-called normal life. Raised by her single Japanese mother on a Navajo reservation in the Southwest, Jet's life was a constant litany of mysterious physical and mental training. For as long as Jet can remember, every Saturday night she and her mother played "the game" on the local mountain. But this time, Jet is fighting for her life. And at the end of the night, her mother dies and Jet finds herself an orphan—and in mortal danger. Fulfilling her mother's dying wish, Jet flies to Japan to live with her grandfather, where she discovers she is the only one who can protect a family treasure hidden in her ancestral land. She's terrified, but if Jet won't fight to protect her world, who will? Stalked by bounty hunters and desperately attracted with the man who's been sent to kill her, Jet must be strong enough to protect the treasure, preserve an ancient culture and save a sacred mountain from destruction. In Jet Black and the Ninja Wind, multiple award-winning author, poet and translator team Leza Lowitz and Shogo Oketani make their first foray into young adult fiction with a compulsively readable tale whose teenage heroine must discover if she can put the blade above the heart—or die trying.

Ninja Meerkats (#3): Escape from Ice Mountain

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250029317
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis Ninja Meerkats (#3): Escape from Ice Mountain by : Gareth P. Jones

Download or read book Ninja Meerkats (#3): Escape from Ice Mountain written by Gareth P. Jones and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ninja meerkats must find the grandmaster One-Eye, who has been kidnapped.

J-Boys

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Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1611725135
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)

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Book Synopsis J-Boys by : Shogo Oketani

Download or read book J-Boys written by Shogo Oketani and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kazuo Nakamoto's life in inner-city Tokyo is one of tea and tofu, of American TV and rock 'n' roll. Kazuo is nine. It is the mid-1960s, just after the Japan Olympics, and Kazuo dreams of being a track star. He hangs out with his buddies, goes to school, and helps with household chores. But Kazuo's world is changing. This bittersweet novel is a deft portrait of a year in a boy's life in a land and time far away, filled with universal concerns about fitting in, escaping the past (in this case World War II's lingering devastation), and growing up. J-Boys author Shogo Oketani is a writer and novelist who grew up in Tokyo in the mid-1960s.

Temple Alley Summer

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Publisher : Yonder
ISBN 13 : 9781632063052
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis Temple Alley Summer by : Sachiko Kashiwaba

Download or read book Temple Alley Summer written by Sachiko Kashiwaba and published by Yonder. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2022 Mildred L. Batchelder Award A July/August 2021 Kids' Indie Next Pick A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection From renowned Japanese children's author Sachiko Kashiwaba, Temple Alley Summer is a fantastical and mysterious adventure featuring the living dead, a magical pearl, and a suspiciously nosy black cat named Kiriko. Kazu knows something odd is going on when he sees a girl in a white kimono sneak out of his house in the middle of the night--was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? Things get even stranger when he shows up to school the next day to see the very same figure sitting in his classroom. No one else thinks it's weird, and, even though Kazu doesn't remember ever seeing her before, they all seem convinced that the ghost-girl Akari has been their friend for years! When Kazu's summer project to learn about Kimyo Temple draws the meddling attention of his mysterious neighbor Ms. Minakami and his secretive new classmate Akari, Kazu soon learns that not everything is as it seems in his hometown. Kazu discovers that Kimyo Temple is linked to a long forgotten legend about bringing the dead to life, which could explain Akari's sudden appearance--is she a zombie or a ghost? Kazu and Akari join forces to find and protect the source of the temple's power. An unfinished story in a magazine from Akari's youth might just hold the key to keeping Akari in the world of the living, and it's up to them to find the story's ending and solve the mystery as the adults around them conspire to stop them from finding the truth.

Refugee

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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545880874
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (458 download)

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Book Synopsis Refugee by : Alan Gratz

Download or read book Refugee written by Alan Gratz and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Alan Gratz tells the timely--and timeless--story of three different kids seeking refuge. A New York Times bestseller! JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world... ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America... MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe... All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end. As powerful and poignant as it is action-packed and page-turning, this highly acclaimed novel has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than four years and continues to change readers' lives with its meaningful takes on survival, courage, and the quest for home.

A Long Rainy Season

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Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1880656159
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)

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Book Synopsis A Long Rainy Season by : Leza Lowitz

Download or read book A Long Rainy Season written by Leza Lowitz and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 1998-07-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 1995 Benjamin Franklin Award, this is a landmark anthology of traditional short verse. In haiku and tanka fifteen Japanese women poets reveal universal female themes through the lens of a challenging spiritual and physical Japanese environment.

Mourt's Relation

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Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 0918222842
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (182 download)

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Book Synopsis Mourt's Relation by : Anonymous

Download or read book Mourt's Relation written by Anonymous and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 1986-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an account, first published in 1622, of the Pilgrim's journey to the new world.

Summer of the Mariposas

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ISBN 13 : 9781600609008
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Summer of the Mariposas by : Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Download or read book Summer of the Mariposas written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more.

Tomo

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Publisher : Stone Bridge Press
ISBN 13 : 1611725186
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)

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Book Synopsis Tomo by : Holly Thompson

Download or read book Tomo written by Holly Thompson and published by Stone Bridge Press. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This aptly named fiction anthology—tomo means “friend” in Japanese—is a true labor of friendship to benefit teens in Japan whose lives were upended by the violent earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Authors from Japan and around the world have contributed works of fiction set in or related to Japan. Young adult English-language readers will be able to connect with their Japanese counterparts through stories of contemporary Japanese teens, ninja and yokai teens, folklore teens, mixed-heritage teens, and non-Japanese teens who call Japan home. Tales of friendship, mystery, love, ghosts, magic, science fiction, and history will propel readers to Japan past and present and to Japanese universes abroad. Edited and with a foreword by Holly Thompson, Tomo contributing authors include Naoko Awa, Deni Bechard, Jennifer Fumiko Cahill, Liza Dalby, Megumi Fujino, Andrew Fukuda, Alan Gratz, Katrina Toshiko Grigg-Saito, Suzanne Kamata, Sachiko Kashiwaba, Kelly Luce, Shogo Oketani and Leza Lowitz, Ryusuke Saito, Graham Salisbury, Fumio Takano, and Wendy Tokunaga, among others. Through understanding comes compassion and the desire to help; portions of the proceeds of Tomo will be donated to ongoing relief efforts for teens in Japan. Holly Thompson is a longtime writing teacher and resident of Japan and author of the young adult verse novel Orchards, which was nominated for a 2012 YALSA/ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults award. She serves as the regional advisor for the Tokyo chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

The Story Cure

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Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1782115285
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (821 download)

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Book Synopsis The Story Cure by : Susan Elderkin

Download or read book The Story Cure written by Susan Elderkin and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories that shape our children's lives are too important to be left to chance. With The Story Cure, bibliotherapists Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin have put together the perfect manual for grown-ups who want to initiate young readers into one of life's greatest pleasures. There's a remedy for every hiccup and heartache, whether it's between the covers of a picture book, a pop-up book, or a YA novel. You'll find old favourites like The Borrowers and The Secret Garden alongside modern soon-to-be classics by Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman and Frank Cottrell-Boyce, as well as helpful lists of the right reads to fuel any obsession - from dogs or dinosaurs, space or spies. Wise and witty, The Story Cure will help any small person you know through the trials and tribulations of growing up, and help you fill their bookshelves with adventure, insight and a lifetime of fun.

Nightless City

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Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462912508
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis Nightless City by : J.E. De Becker

Download or read book Nightless City written by J.E. De Becker and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized sex in Japan has always been big business, and nowhere was it more politely offered than in the Yoshiwara Yukwaku (red light district) of Tokyo. The appeal of the Yoshiwara was its women, all the surroundings being a frame for display of their charms. The Nightless City provides us with a fascinating picture of a "floating world" that was as transient as a butterfly. Today its teahouses, establishments of assignation, geisha, courtesans, customers, pimps, love magic, laws, sayings, loves, and hates have vanished. This book, however, is a substantial monument to this remarkable place and its remarkable people. This fabulous book, containing fifty revealing maps and illustrations, is a pioneer social study of a Meiji community which lived close to traditional ways and according to the rules of the profession of pleasure. It is rich in folklore, magical charms, ceremonial, social rules, standards of dress, class stratification, and the rewards and punishments of the Yoshiwara. Yoshiwara had such an honored place in Japanese tradition, that its passing, in 1957, was regretted and lamented by many--Japanese and foreigners alike.

Japanese Theatre in Highlight

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Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462913113
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis Japanese Theatre in Highlight by : Francis Haar

Download or read book Japanese Theatre in Highlight written by Francis Haar and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words cannot explain to an outsider the sight and feel of the Japanese stage. And definitions and descriptions do not convey an exact image to people brought up on a concept of the theatre that differs so greatly from the Japanese as ours. In seeing something foreign, too, our eyes must be guided carefully, so that we know what we are seeing and how to look at it profitably. All of us are to be grateful for this book, because now, without leaving our countries, or for that matter our armchairs, we can peer at leisure into expertly selected, edited and glossed highlights of the three great classical theatre arts of Japan-Noh, Bunraku and Kabuki. The Fifty-four ensuing photographs, with their textual commentary, are the equivalent, in my mind, of fifty-four choice seats at some of the best performances in modern Japan and intimate visits backstage.

Up From the Sea

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Publisher : Ember
ISBN 13 : 0553534777
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)

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Book Synopsis Up From the Sea by : Leza Lowitz

Download or read book Up From the Sea written by Leza Lowitz and published by Ember. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful novel-in-verse about how one teen boy survives the March 2011 tsunami that devastates his coastal Japanese village. “Successfully captures the raw emotions of loss, grief, and what it means to move forward.” —BuzzFeed On the day the tsunami strikes, Kai loses nearly everyone and everything he cares about. But a trip to New York to meet kids whose lives were changed by 9/11 gives him new hope and the chance to look for his estranged American father. Visiting Ground Zero on its tenth anniversary, Kai learns that the only way to make something good come out of disaster is to return and rebuild. Heartrending yet hopeful, Up from the Sea is a story about loss, survival, and starting anew. Fans of Jewell Parker Rhodes’s Ninth Ward and Karen Hesse’s Out of the Dust will embrace this moving story. An author’s note includes numerous sources detailing actual events portrayed in the story. A BOOKRIOT 100 MUST-READ YA BOOKS WRITTEN IN VERSE A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK FOR TEENS, 2016 “Up From the Sea touched me deeply with its beautiful message of hope and the resilience of humanity. Bravo.” —Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy series “It is a moving story of the rebirth of hope in a teen who has lost almost everything. . . . Kai will resonate with teens on a simple human level, just as 3/11 resonates with 9/11.” —VOYA

How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit?

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Publisher : Typhoon Media Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9881219566
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (812 download)

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Book Synopsis How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit? by : Shannon Young

Download or read book How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit? written by Shannon Young and published by Typhoon Media Ltd. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection, twenty-six women reveal the truth about expatriate life in modern East Asia through original works of memoir and creative non-fiction. Their experiences are varied and unique, demonstrating that expat women's lives go far beyond the stereotypical. The writers hail from a dozen different countries and walks of life. Some are well-known; others are fresh voices adding nuance to the expat conversation. Through deeply personal accounts, they explore what they have learned about themselves and the world through their lives abroad. Together, they create a portrait of the modern expatriate experience that will both resonate and inspire.

The Ring of Wind (Young Samurai, Book 7)

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141970995
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ring of Wind (Young Samurai, Book 7) by : Chris Bradford

Download or read book The Ring of Wind (Young Samurai, Book 7) written by Chris Bradford and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JACK FLETCHER IS BATTLING THE HIGH SEAS Ambushed by the Shogun's samurai, Jack and his friends have only one hope of escape - the 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 . . . Book 7 in the blockbuster Young Samurai series by Chris Bradford. Visit www.youngsamurai.com for competitions and FREE teacher resources. 'A fantastic adventure that floors the reader on page one and keeps them there until the end' - Eoin Colfer

Being Japanese American

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Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611720222
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)

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Book Synopsis Being Japanese American by : Gil Asakawa

Download or read book Being Japanese American written by Gil Asakawa and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2015 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of JA culture: facts, recipes, songs, words, and memories that every JA will want to share.

In Nomine

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365655849
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book In Nomine written by Nathan Neuharth and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: