Great! Links in well with the Australian Curriculum History Year 8 'Japan under the Shoguns' topic. Could use well within a cross curricula History / English / Japanese Language unit.Covers basic language related to the period (Shogun, Daimyo, samurai, bushido - etc).Discusses the Jesuit Christia...
a little bit cheesy, and the events are some how predictable, felt like one of the shounen anime, yet i LIKED IT.The narrating was simple, brief,clear and more importantly direct to the point ,with no unnecessary lines to make the book thicker;that made up for the-not really original- plot, the t...
Jack Fletcher, a boy that is twelve years old, gets stranded on the island of Japan after his ship is attacked by the wako, Japanese ninja pirates. The crew of the ship has been killed including his father. Jack has to learn the Japanese language and traditions, including the way of the warrior. ...
I just read The Way of the Sword by Chris Bradford. In this epic novel, British samurai-in-training Jack Fletcher struggles with prejudice, ninja, and his rival Kazuki who believes that gaijin, or foreigners, do not belong in Japan. In this installment of the series, Jack also enters the Circle o...
Sama seperti buku pertama, buku ini juga cepet dibaca. Terjemahannya enak banget bacanya, kertasnya juga. Hehe. Nyamanlah yang pasti. Kembali lagi ke jalan cerita di buku ini. Ini adalah tahun kedua Jack di Jepang dan disekolah samurai. Di buku ini dia mengikuti kontes Lingkaran Tiga bersama saha...
I found this book in my local public library.In this book, I think that "loyalty" is most important and is expressed throughout the book. Jack Fletcher, is a 12 year old English boy who ends up in Japan because of a shipwreck. Loyalty is like the big idea that is expressed throughout the book bec...
Jack is on the last leg of his journey, but once again he is all alone his friends all died on their boat. But never fear this is a book and books always that carry on straight from the last one in the series usually have tragedies at the beginning but lo and behold he finds an unlikely friend in...
It's really interesting so far, and it's about the history and culture of Japan. There is Samurai and Ninja in this book, and it's about this boy call Jack trying to escape Japan and board a ship back to England. His father was killed by ninja, and so a samurai adopted him. Trained as a samurai, ...
In all honesty I didn't expect much from this book. It just seemed like the kind of novel you read to pass the time or if you have nothing better to do.But I was in for a surprise. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It was fun and it had that whole young James bond thing going on which I loved in t...