| Description |
252 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Series |
Samurai kids ; 1 |
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Samurai kids ; 1
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| Summary |
Samurai Kids is the first instalment in a unique series set in Feudal Japan about a special group of kids training in the ways of the samurai. Brief description of the story: Niya Moto is the only one-legged Samurai kid in Japan, famous for falling flat on his face in the dirt. None of the samurai schools will teach crippled Niya, until a letter of offer arrives from the legendary samurai warrior Ki-Yaga, sensei of the Cockroach Ryu. Niya joins the four other students of the Cockroach Ryu, all with barriers of some sort, and as they learn traditional samurai skills become firm friends. The students prepare for the Samurai Trainee Games. They are in awe of the powerful Dragon Ryu and feel they have no chance of winning. But Sensei knows appearance is not a measure of strength. (3z(BCockroaches are only small, but they are very hard to kill, (S3(B he teaches and the cockroaches soon discover that differences can sometimes be advantages. They end up winning the championships. The Dragon Master calls Ki-Yaga a cheat. Samurai honour demands the insult be answered by a battle to the death, but Ki-Yaga demonstrates that some old ways need to change |
| Audience |
For primary school children |
| Subject |
Samurai -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Children's stories
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Fiction.
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| Author |
James, Rhian Nest, 1962-
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| ISBN |
9781921150203 paperback |
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1921150203 paperback |
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