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Author
Series
Shadow of the fox volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has a new enemy, the escaped demon Hakaimono, who needs the scroll to break the curse of the Kamigoroshi sword, and he possesses Kage Tatsumi of the Shadow Clan to help him get it.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Full-screen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (2 hr., 34 min.) : col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Multiple
Description
"Tom Cruise plays Civil War hero Capt. Nathan Algren, who comes to Japan to fight the Samurai and ends up pledging himself to their cause. Ken Watanabe ... plays Katsumoto, a Samurai leader facing a vanishing way of life, whose destiny becomes intertwined with that of the American captain. Edward Zwick ... directs this sweeping and emotional epic tale of the birth of modern Japan."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop Manga
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
554 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"While fleeing the Glactic Federation, Stitch's spaceship crash-lands in the middle of a battlefield in Senkgo-era Japan. Admidst the explosion, Lord Meison, the stoic and brutal leader of the Yamato clan, discovers Stitch and is quickly captivated by his cuteness. But Lord Meison's decision to bring the "blue tanuki" home leads to one chaotic event after another, with Stitch always at the center of the laughter. Follow Stitch as he travels through...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 49
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
106 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While on the search for a legendary samurai scroll, Geronimo Stilton and Wild Willie have to fight a group of talented ninjas who want the scroll that holds the secret to a long-lost fighting technique.
Author
Series
Shadow of the fox volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
"To save everyone she loves from imminent death, kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko gave up the final piece of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers. Now she and her ragtag band of companions must make one desperate final effort to stop the Master of Demons from using the scroll to call the Great Kami Dragon and make the wish that will plunge the empire into chaos. Shadow clan assassin Kage Tatsumi has regained control of his body and agreed to a true deal with...
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. But his story is legend in this real-life saga.
This epic warrior tale reads like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history.
When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family—and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery....
This epic warrior tale reads like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history.
When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family—and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery....
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack Fletcher is on the run. With no sensei to guide him, he has just his wits and his swords against many new and unknown enemies, as he journeys along the treacherous road to the port of Nagasaki and perhaps home...But the Shogun's samurai are hot on his trail. Barely escaping their clutches, Jack runs headlong into a trap. Kidnapped by ninja and led to their village deep in the mountains, Jack has no means of escape. The only question is who will...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
252 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having failed apprenticeship as a dye maker, Koji is captured and forced to train as a ninja, where he remains disloyal until he discovers samurai have burned his former village. The power and prowess of ninja never seem to lose their appeal to young readers, especially boys. Blue Fingers, a suspenseful, action-packed coming-of-age story set in feudal Japan, offers an up-close look at this noble, fierce way of life. Through an odd twist of fate, a...
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in 1853 in Japan, this novel follows Yoshi, a Japanese boy who dreams of someday becoming a samurai. Unfortunately, as part of the serving class, Yoshi can never become a warrior. He is taken up by Manjiro, the protagonist of Preus's Heart of a Samurai, and becomes his servant and secret watchdog. Meanwhile, Commodore Matthew Perry and his USS Susquehanna squadron of steamships arrive in Edo Bay demanding "diplomatically" that Japan open its ports...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish--and the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn. Raised d by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Half kitsune, half human, her skill with illusion is matched only...
Author
Series
Sisters of the Sword volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
245 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When, after intercepting a secret message from their mother, their evil Uncle Hidehira uncovers their samurai disguise, Kimi and Hana again must flee for their lives and, with the help of a fellow student, undertake a perilous journey to find their mother and brother before they are captured by Hidehira's samurai.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The gang of Mystery Inc. takes a trip to Japan and find themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in search of treasure. They race against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancient blade fabled to have extraordinary supernatural powers.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : color, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hard-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.
Author
Series
The Kindaichi case files volume 13
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A famous writer holds a code-breaking contest, and Hajime Kindaichi naturally rises to the literary challenge. But when the writer is murdered, Kindaichi finds himself as the primary suspect! Now the police are moving in. As Kindaichi fights to prove his innocence, an unlikely ally believes he is not the real killer.
15) Ronin Island
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
2019-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
After a catastrophic event changes 19th century Japan, Korea, and China, two young soldiers must protect their peaceful island home from a warlord's oncoming forces and newly mutated creatures that threaten to destroy the world as they know it. After a mysterious attack devastates a great swath of 19th century Japan, Korea, and China, survivors from all three lands find refuge on a hidden island and build a new society. Hana, the orphaned daughter...
16) 47 Ronin
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kai is an outcast who joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. They embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
Author
Series
DC super hero girls (Lisa Yee) volume 4
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
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
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the skills needed to become a samurai warrior in 17th-century Japan, including courage, obedience, strength, dedication and fighting skills, as well as the dangers involved in holding such a prestigious position.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On a planet where humans must scavenge the post-apocalyptic barren wasteland, Hirokin, a reluctant samurai with a dark past sets off on a mission to fulfill his destiny. Having fought to the death to save his wife and son from the planet's evil dictator, Griffin, and his elite army of warriors, the lone samurai is left for dead in the vast desert. Armed with his samurai blade Hirokin is forced to choose between avenging his family's murder and fighting...
20) Samurai marathon
Publisher
Well Go USA
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
In the late feudal era of Japan, a young ninja is operating undercover in the court of an aging lord during a peaceful era of Japan that is on the brink of change. After the lord challenges his lazy samurais to a punishing marathon to toughen them up, the ninja finds his loyalties put to the test. Facing impossible odds, this unusual band of characters is running a race to win or die.
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