Fussell, Sandy.
White crane / Sandy Fussell ; [illustrated by Rhian Nest James]. - 1st U.S. pbk. ed. - Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011, c2010. - 237 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Samurai kids . - Fussell, Sandy. Samurai kids. .
School Library Journal, September 2010 Booklist, June 2010 Horn Book, May 2011 Library Media Connection, November 2010 Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2010
Even though he has only one leg, Niya Moto is studying to be a samurai, and his five fellow-students are similarly burdened, but sensei Ki-Yaga, an ancient but legendary warrior, teaches them not only physical skills but mental and spiritual ones as well, so that they are well-equipped to face their most formidable opponents at the annual Samurai Games.
3.8. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.
0763653462
Samurai--Fiction.
Physically handicapped--Fiction.
Contests--Fiction.
School stories.
Japan--Fiction.
PZ7.F96669 / Wh 2011
[Fic]
White crane / Sandy Fussell ; [illustrated by Rhian Nest James]. - 1st U.S. pbk. ed. - Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011, c2010. - 237 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Samurai kids . - Fussell, Sandy. Samurai kids. .
School Library Journal, September 2010 Booklist, June 2010 Horn Book, May 2011 Library Media Connection, November 2010 Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2010
Even though he has only one leg, Niya Moto is studying to be a samurai, and his five fellow-students are similarly burdened, but sensei Ki-Yaga, an ancient but legendary warrior, teaches them not only physical skills but mental and spiritual ones as well, so that they are well-equipped to face their most formidable opponents at the annual Samurai Games.
3.8. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.
0763653462
Samurai--Fiction.
Physically handicapped--Fiction.
Contests--Fiction.
School stories.
Japan--Fiction.
PZ7.F96669 / Wh 2011
[Fic]