Ninja: Death Touch

Ninja #2

by Chris Bradford, Sonia Leong (Illustrator)

Explosive second installment in the Ninja trilogy. Taka has proven his worth as a ninja warrior, but now he must prepare for an attack by the samurai leader Lord Oda.

Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers of 9+

Genres: War, Historical, Family, Adventure

72 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2013

About the author

Chris Bradford is the bestselling author of the Young Samurai, Bodyguard and Soul Series.

Chris is renowned for his inspiring author events and ‘method writing’ style. For his award-winning Young Samurai series, he trained in samurai swordmanship, karate, ninjutsu and earned his black belt in Zen Kyu Shin Taijutsu.

For his BODYGUARD series, Chris embarked on an intensive close protection course to become a qualified professional bodyguard.

And for the Soul Prophecy trilogy, Chris travelled extensively to experience first-hand the cultures featured in the story – from living with the Shona people in Zimbabwe, to trekking the Inca trail, to meditating in a Buddhist temple amid the mountains of Japan.

His books have been published in more than 25 languages and been nominated for 30+ book awards, winning among others the Northern Ireland Book Award 2011, the Hampshire Book Award 2014 and the Brilliant Book Award 2014. Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior was deemed one of Puffin’s 70 Best Ever Books, alongside Treasure Island and Robin Hood.

To discover more about Chris or book an author visit: www.chrisbradford.co.uk

Reviews

[Millie]

The most important character is Taka. He have a really big problem Lord Oda will kill all the ninja and take a army to the village the Taka live. This story is happen on Japan 1580. I will go the Japan because now Japan is very beautiful. At the beginning, Is about he learn with his grandmaster, try to be brave. The most important for the beginning is Taka get to friends.

[Eszter Kosa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great easy read

[Roally · Rating 5 out of 5]

amazing book. amazing everything.

[Tracy Enright · Rating 3 out of 5]

This dyslexia-friendly story is aimed at reluctant readers in their mid-teens and older. There is some violence and adult content with some of the characters dying in battle. There is also a strong manga feel to the book, even though it's set in 16th century Japan.

It tells the story of Taka, a ninja-in-training and his battle to save his village from Lord Oda and his samurai army. There is plenty of action and the plot moves along quickly. The characters are dynamic and have clear motivations.