Books with title Samurai

Tommy has given himself a new name — Kenny — from the Japanese ken, meaning sword. It’s a good samurai name. A warrior’s name. This summer at camp — a camp for kids who are not wanted at home — Kenny and his friends need all the samurai cunning and strength they can muster. They have declared a war — between themselves and the camp’s sadistic overseer, Matron, and her adult son, Christian, who secretly stalks one of the girls. Covertly building a samurai castle in the woods, Kenny and his motley band of warriors strategize their attack and eventual escape. But then things go horribly wrong. How Kenny and the others find the will and strength they need to stand up for one another, for themselves, and for what’s right is the heart of this dramatic, unforgettable story. Readers will be forever changed by Kenny’s samurai summer — the summer he recaptures his dreams and learns the cost of truth.

This ten-book series explores the martial arts, weaving together history, culture, geography, and politics to give readers a balanced perspective of the world's fighting systems. Author Jim Ollhoff, Ph.D., holds a second-degree black belt in Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Karate, as well as intermediate belts in Korean Tae Kwon Do and Chinese Kung Fu. Series editor John Hamilton is a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, with additional experience in Kung Fu and self-defense.This volume of the series explores the world of the samurai, weaving together history, culture, geography and politics.

Looked at from the outside, the annual summer camp in the countryside seems idyllic. But for Kenny, a boy with a Samurai soul, it is no more than a prison camp, run by a sadistic woman who is sometimes helped by her salacious son, Christian. To escape the adults, Kenny and his “samurai” friends sneak out to the forest to build a secret castle. It’s off-limits to the girls, but a female camper named Kerstin begs Kenny to show her the castle. But suddenly she disappears, and Kenny realizes something terrible must have happened to her. Something that points to the old woman who runs the camp but even more so to her strange, creepy son.

We face each other on the battlefield. Two proud samurai. Revenge burns in my heart. Here is where it ends.These graphic and colorful 48-page books meet Common Core genre requirements and feature a fictional story, two pages of nonfiction, and two pages of activities, giving students some background knowledge necessary to understanding historical events. Using fiction to amplify history also allows students to think critically about the pas--and piques curiosity, leading to further exploration and discovery.

Nearly a century years ago, a host of demons brought the empire of the Isles to the brink of destruction. With the sacrifice of the Onmyoji Exorcist priests the demons were banished and the Demon Gates sealed. Until now. The demons make a bid to return to the world and it falls on Hikaru of the Genji, a talented but haunted swordsman, to discover the truth behind the first demon wars before it is too late.It has been days since the first attacks and the survivors at the temple have rallied against the onryo, but Hikaru knows the masked swordsman, Kitano, is still out there. Hikaru and his allies are sent to the Golden Gate Academy to delve deeper into the secrets of the Demon Gate. When they find more than they expected, Hikaru must learn to rely on more than his sword.The second volume in the Samurai Panic! series.