Ninja: The Beginning

Ninja #1

by Benedict Jacka

Running away from home is usually a bad idea. However, Ignis, Allandra, and Michael have three good reasons for doing it. First, their father Vargas Havelock is a drug baron; second, he's thoroughly evil; and third, he expects them to join him in the family business before they get much older. Given all that, running away starts to look quite reasonable. But when Ignis and Allandra stage an escape during a holiday in Wales, taking Michael with them, things don't go to plan. Michael gets recaptured, and Ignis and Allandra nearly drown. When they wake up, they find they've been taken to a secret valley deep in the forest. A school is hidden there, built into the treetops, and it's filled with children studying to be ninjas. This is Rokkaku, and it's to become their home. And so Ignis and Allandra's new life begins. The ninjutsu training is hard, but the friends they find make up for it. Outside Rokkaku, though, Vargas is still looking for them. Sooner or later, Ignis and Allandra are going to have to face their father again ...and their brother too.

Genres: Fantasy

368 pages, Paperback

First published July 4, 2005

Reviews

[Hugo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hoola!

Pues la verdad es que tenía pendiente leer este libro desde hace muuuucho tiempo, me lo regalaron de pequeño y no llegué a leerlo.

Me ha gustado, es de aventuras y no se complica demasiado. Se nota que está dirigido a un público más joven/infantil.
De todas maneras, me ha mantenido relativamente enganchado... Y se ve que tiene una segunda parte, en la que, intuyo, dará conclusión a la trama principal. Ya me la leeré si eso... Jajajajaja 😅

El tema de escuela secreta de ninjas me ha gustado, y toda la parafernalia japonesa también. Sobre todo teniendo en cuenta que no se situa en Japón (spoiler).

Lo recomiendo, sólo, si queréis una lectura muy ligera sin complicaciones. (3,5/5)

Hasta la próxima 🤙

[Jessica Duivenvoorden · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book, but it was a bit of a problem that you couldn't really connect with the characters as much, the way they were written out was that they weren't much like real people. The feelings were described well, but a real person, in those situations, would not act that way. But I loved it all the same, it got to the real heart of what it meant to learn martial arts.

[dylan king · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rate it 5 .In really enjoyed it but was sad that Michael followed his fathers path .It has all the good book qualities:excitement, adventure and good Characters with a story behind them.It was easy to get into and a first rate success. I highly recommend it .

[Ethel Lou · Rating 5 out of 5]

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