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The Way of the Warrior (Young Samurai, Bk 1)
The Way of the Warrior - Young Samurai, Bk 1 Author:Chris Bradford Washed up on the shores of a mysterious land known to the British as the Japans, twelve-year-old Jack Fletcher is wounded and left for dead. His father, the navigator of their now shipwrecked vessel, and the entire crew have been slaughtered by ninja pirates. Jack's last remaining possession is his father's rutter, an invaluable book of ... more »maps and notes on the world's uncharted oceans. Now helpless and alone, Jack is confronted by Dragon Eye, a ninja who is intent on stealing the rutter, at any cost.
Masamoto-sama, one of Japan's greatest samurai, rescues Jack and takes him in. Jack realizes his only hope of protecting the rutter from Dragon Eye is to become a samurai warrior himself. Before long, he's sent to samurai school, where he will learn The Way of the Warrior.
Jack experiences the grueling training required of all martial arts students, but life at the school is fraught with difficulty, and he's bullied for being a "barbarian." Jack will need all the courage he can muster if he's to survive and prove that he has what it takes to be a samurai. « less