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Author
Publisher
Poisoned Penn Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1893. King Kamehameha III of Hawaii declares Sovereignty Restoration Day... Tension grows between China and Japan over Korea... The Bengal Famine worsens... A brilliant scientist in Calcutta challenges the system... The senior priest at Kyoto's Kinkaku-ji temple is found dead in mysterious circumstances. Dr John H. Watson receives a strange letter from Yokohama. Then the quiet, distinguished Mr. Hashimoto is murdered inside a closed room on...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Shojo Beat manga edition.
Language
English
Description
Ever since the day he helped her up from a nasty tumble, Black Magic Club member Reiko Kanazuki has been obsessed with Hunny. She is devoting all her knowledge of the dark arts to curse him and steal his soul.
63) Fire and ice
Author
Series
Ice thrillers volume 5
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The steamy attraction between California beauty Jilly Lovitz and Yakuza punk Reno heats up again when she travels to Tokyo to cry on her sister's shoulder following a failed love affair only to become caught up in a web of kidnappings, assassination attempts, and prisoner swaps.
Author
Series
Covert-One series volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An attack on a Japanese warship brings Japan and China to the brink of war. Meanwhile, top Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is sent on a mission to recover mysterious material from the wreckage of the Fukushima nuclear reactor. When Smith fails to return, CIA agent Randi Russell heads off on an unsanctioned mission to find him. She quickly discovers that the missing samples may be evidence that Japan, led by hawkish military chief of staff...
65) Wabi Sabi
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 49
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Shonen Jump Manga edition.
Language
English
Description
"The final match of the battle training between Class A and Class B continues. Zapped by Shinso's mind control, Midoriya enters a fugue state where he meets on of the former users of One For All. What powerful Quirks have yet to be unlocked? Midoriya will surely need the full potential of One For All someday, but in the meantime, a new enemy--the Meta Liberation Army--begins to make its moves."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pinkalicious participates in a traditional Japanese cherry blossom festival and, thanks to the help of a new friend, learns how to fly a kite.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
A charmingly warm and hopeful story of love, friendship, and the power of human connection. Award winning Japanese author Shion Miura's novel is a reminder that a life dedicated to passion is a life well lived.
Author
Series
Young samurai volume 1
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Orphaned by a ninja pirate attack off the coast of Japan in 1611, twelve-year-old English lad Jack Fletcher is determined to prove himself, despite the bullying of fellow students, when the legendary sword master who rescued him begins training him as a samurai warrior.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While the Thea sisters explore Kyoto during a cultural exchange program, a valuable item is stolen from their friend Kumi's family, and the five mice must catch the thief.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Audiobooks
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
When Amy and Dan Cahill's quest to find the million dollars takes them to Japan, they must decide whether or not to enter into an alliance with their uncle, Alastair Oh, whose motives for helping them are extremely questionable.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The night parade is about to begin. The ground thunders in Tokyo. A gust of wind blows. The pitter patter of paws and claws draws closer. The air is thick with swirling, swooping demons. It's Eka's favorite evening of the year, the one night she refusesto miss. But it's become harder to travel to Japan now that she's living across the world in New York. Unsure of when she can return next to see her yokai friends, Eka tries to forget that this could...
74) Intruders
Author
Series
Naruto (Chapter books) volume 8
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
After many adventures, the time has come for Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke to face their most difficult challenge yet--the chunin examination that will determine whether they are ready to become journeymen, the next level of ninja.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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.
76) The worst job
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Ninja-in-training Naruto must abandon his jokester ways when he receives his first assignment to protect a famous bridge builder.
77) The magic fan
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1989
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Despite the laughter of his fellow villagers, Yoshi uses his building skills to make a boat to catch the moon, a kite to reach the clouds, and a bridge that mimics the rainbow.
Author
Series
Naruto (Chapter books) volume 7
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
As the battle over the bridge heightens, Naruto and his friends learn what it means to truly become a ninja--sometimes you have to fight to win--then deal with the consequences.
79) The secret plan
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
During their first assignment to protect a famous bridge builder, Naruto and two other junior ninjas face a formidable opponent in Zabuza, the evil Demon of the Mist.
80) Speed
Author
Series
Naruto (Chapter books) volume 6
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Young ninja Naruto must protect Tazuna the bridge-builder from the evil Zabuza, Demon of the Mist, and his partner Haku, the speediest ninja Naruto has ever faced.
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