{"id":73,"date":"2012-08-01T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=73"},"modified":"2019-03-10T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T21:22:45","slug":"way-of-the-dragon-by-chris-bradford-fiction-old-japan-new-civil-war-teen-samurai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"Way of the Dragon, by Chris Bradford (fiction) – old Japan, new civil war, teen samurai"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"book<\/a>Try to imagine being suddenly stranded half a world away from home, in a land where conformity is prized, where obedience is rewarded, where rigorous training from childhood ensures future success.<\/div>\n

Jack’s amazing story begins with The Way of the Warrior<\/i>\u00a0 (book 1 reviewed<\/a>) and continues in The Way of the Sword<\/i>\u00a0 (book 2 reviewed<\/a>), your best introductions to the social structure, customs, and political unrest facing the young English teen in 17th century Japan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jump back into a foreign and fascinating world with the Young Samurai at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a>.\u00a0
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Book info<\/b>: The Way of the Dragon (Young Samurai, book 3) \/ Chris Bradford. Disney Hyperion, 2011.\u00a0 [author’s website<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher. <\/b><\/p>\n

My Recommendation<\/b>:\u00a0 Like juggling knives in a storm \u2013 learning the Two Heavens technique is that difficult for Jack. But war looms over Japan in 1613, so he and his friends at samurai school must master the secret sword moves soon.<\/div>\n
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When he was tossed ashore after ninja pirates hijacked the English ship his father was piloting and wrecked it, Jack couldn\u2019t have imagined this \u2013 being adopted by an influential warrior family, learning intricate Japanese language and customs, attending samurai school. Many still sneeringly call him \u2018gaijin\u2019 because of his foreign appearance, but those who have seen his fighting skills respect the blond-haired teen.<\/div>\n
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Now one regional daimyo is gathering troops to attack the Emperor! The daimyo who sponsors Masamoto\u2019s samurai school is loyal to the Son of Heaven, so all his warriors must rush to defend the capital of Osaka. Suddenly \u201cthe way of the dragon\u201d is more than daily classes, as martial arts practice becomes urgent, their sword skills are honed, and Jack\u2019s group takes every opportunity to perfect their moves with bo stick or arrow or throwing star.<\/div>\n
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The noise and dust of the battlefield is tremendous \u2013 here, the students\u2019 abilities to concentrate under pressure will mean the difference between life and death. They must protect the future emperor at any cost. If the fighting reaches the tower stronghold that they defend, then only their cleverness and skill will keep the empire from falling into chaos.<\/div>\n
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Jack still longs to recover his father\u2019s encoded navigation atlas from the one-eyed ninja who stole it. That rutter would allow Jack to pilot any ship away from Japan to his English home port \u2013and back again, defying the Emperor\u2019s command that foreigners stay away. But the evil ninja \u00a0DragonEye is not content with stealing Jack\u2019s map home; he wants Jack\u2019s lifeblood as well.<\/div>\n
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Can Jack and the samurai students keep the young ruler alive? Is there a traitor in their ranks?<\/div>\n
Will the assassin DragonEye strike during the confusion of battle?<\/div>\n
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This exciting third book in the Young Samurai series brings readers into the closed society of 17th<\/sup> century Japan with every swordstroke and ceremonial bow. Be sure to start Jack\u2019s amazing story from the beginning with The Way of the Warrior<\/i> (book 1) and The Way of the Sword<\/i> (book 2). (One of 5,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Try to imagine being suddenly stranded half a world away from home, in a land where conformity is prized, where obedience is rewarded, where rigorous training from childhood ensures future success. Jack’s amazing story begins with The Way of the Warrior\u00a0 (book 1 reviewed) and continues in The Way of the Sword\u00a0 (book 2 reviewed), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,19,50,51],"tags":[123,4,20,37,16,43,103,31,21,35,33,28,59],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-fiction","category-historical","category-mystery","tag-adoption","tag-belonging","tag-conflict","tag-death","tag-determination","tag-growing-up","tag-japan","tag-non-us-author","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-villains","tag-war"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10427,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions\/10427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}