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The Pretend ninja, March 26, 2008

Gr. 6-11. This Book Being the Second of a series of books set in eighteenth-century Japan, The Book includes Characters introduced in the first book, first introduced in The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn, main Character 14 Year old Seikei, the adopted son of Judge Ooka, one of the Shogun’s most trusted officials, is once again set up against a tough mystery. Who is setting fires in Edo? And who is killing all the Geishas in the nearby pleasure town? To learn the answer Judge Ooka sends his newly adopted son Seikei to find the answer, Seikei soon finds employment Seikei finds employment at the Teahouse of the Falling Cherry Blossoms, where the famous geisha, Umae, captivates her lonely guests. There are fires and murders along a Winding path that leads toward Umae, and Seikei faces danger at every turn of the journey as he heroically as he tries to help the judge, country, and prove to himself worthy of being a samurai and take on the role that he has always dreamt to Become. Something that is very interesting about this book is the character judge Ooka, Judge Ooka is based on an 18th century Japanese Samurai warrior who was well known for his reasoning and his ability to solve crimes, Judge Ooka strategically adopted Seikei so that he could secretly send him to the teahouse after he saw how well Seikei took care of the gem that lord Hakuseki stole from the Shogun. I think that this book is a very traditional fun mystery that I recommend to people who love a Story-line with a well conceived plot, with authentic clues, Japanese history, and a very satisfying conclusion. I should know because I Love the book. Something that makes the book so intriguing is the fact that you can learn so many new facts and interesting information about Shogun-Era Japan. I learned many new words while reading this book. For example, the word Seppuku I was clueless about, but within the text if you look hard enough they put they definition of the word this is what a samurai will do when they have dishonored their family they must do this which is a way to make up for the dishonor they have created in battle. Seikei is a Very likable hero, a believable hero and a character that can be connected with by any young reader; He encounters many freakishly scary Characters of all types and who add to the rousing adventure and suspense of the story. If I were to give this book a score on a scale of 1 to 10 I would have to give it an 8 because it is a very interesting book that can keep the readers attention and it is a very good book. I recommend this wonderful book to the people of the middle school to early high school age group, 11-16 but if you interested enough then age does not mean a thing. I advise that you read the first book [The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn] before you read this book if you want it to make more sense. And one last thing, I hope you enjoy this book as much as I do and have a wonderful book filled day!

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