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1) Samurai
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Looks at the warrior class that developed in Japan, known as the Samurai.
2) Samurai
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about samurai. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
3) Samurai
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A thrilling survey of what it took to be a samurai warrior in medieval Japan. Profiles personalities, wars, battle tactics, and weaponry of this Japanese warrior class.
4) Samurai
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book reveals to readers the samurai code of conduct, including their fierce dedication to discipline and moral character. And although they are renowned for their skills at war, the samurai were a fierce military powerhouse, making up the empire's ruling class in 1192 and ruling Japan until 1868. Readers will also learn about the softer side of the samurai and their profound influence on the culture, in part thanks to the influence of Zen Buddhism....
5) Samurai
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Simon St. George and his father, the last members of the Order of Dragonhunters, must join forces with a group of Japanese samurai to destroy the dragons in the Far East.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
"This epic tale of warriors and bravery, rebellion and revenge, 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 brothers sent away. Yoshitsune was raised in his enemy���s household until he was sent away to live in a monastery. He grew up skinny...
7) Samurai
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A simple introduction to the Japanese warriors known as samurai, including their history, lifestyle, weapons, and how they remain a part of today's culture through the martial arts"--Provided by publisher.
8) Samurai
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
This book introduces the Samurai warriors of old Japan, describing how they trained, how they fought, and how they died.
9) Samurai
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A countdown of five of the most legendary samurai provides thrills as readers explore the lives, weapons, and battle tactics of these Japanese fighters"--
10) Samurai
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Step back in time, and discover the lives samurai led through labeled graphics, fun facts, and age-appropriate text that separates fact from fiction while keeping readers interested and engaged"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
12) The Last Samurai
Pub. Date
2004, 2003
Description
Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's...
Author
Series
Bob Lee Swagger novels volume 4
Formats
Description
"Bob Lee Swagger and Philip Yano are bound together by a single moment at Iwo Jima, 1945, when their fathers, two brave fighters on opposite sides, met in the bloody and chaotic battle for the island. Only Earl Swagger survived." "More than sixty years later, Yano comes to America to honor the legacy of his heroic father by recovering the sword he used in the battle. His search has led him to Crazy Horse, Idaho, where Bob Lee, ex-marine and Vietnam...
14) Samurai game
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"In an underground club, a high-ranking public official spends his secret nights indulging in fantasies as exciting as they are depraved. For a seductive employee of the Dungeon, it's her job to fulfill them. But she's playing a far more dangerous game-- one of blackmail, politics, and murder that reaches into the shadow world of the GhostWalkers, and the creation of a spectacular, one-of-a-kind new weapon of defense."--Provided by publisher.
15) Sam Samurai
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great-grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.
18) The bamboo sword
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Samurai are known for their strict code of honor! This title discusses the origin of samurai, their historical development, famous samurai, key skills and traits, and details about weapons, training, and battles. Fast facts, maps, infographics, a glossary, timeline, index, and historical and color photos supplement easy-to-read text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...
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