Owl Ninja

Samurai Kids #2

by Sandy Fussell, Rhian Nest James (Illustrator)

The kids from the Cockroach Ryu are back and this time they join forces with the Owl Ninja clan!

The fifty years of peace that has ruled over the samurai ryus is coming to an end and only the Emperor can stop it. The kids from the Cockroach Ryu are back and make it their mission to get the Emperor to stop the coming war. But the last time the Emperor saw Sensei, he threatened to cut off his head! Will they be able to protect their Sensie and stop a battle?

Genres: Fantasy, Middle Grade, Japan, Adventure, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Childrens

265 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2008

About the author

Sandy Fussell lives south of Sydney with her husband and two sons. She studied mathematics at university, is intensely interested in history and now works in IT. From the moment she could read, Sandy loved books and always wanted to be a writer. In school, she wrote what she refers to as “booklets” and “terrible plays that the teacher made the class perform”. After school, Sandy forgot about writing for a long time and started a family. She came back to writing after one of her children stopped reading and she suggested that they write a book together.

Reviews

[Katharine (Ventureadlaxre)]

Katharine is a judge for the Sara Douglass 'Book Series' Award. This entry is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.

I won't be recording my thoughts (if I choose to) here until after the AA are over.

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was awesome especially because it was samuri and ninja working together

[Cindyon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Go samurai and ninja kids!

[Bronwyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even better than the first one. Full of the usual adventure and humour, tied together with learning and friendship.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing! A very interesting mix of characters:)

[Kim Gontarz]

Great book to teach discipline, right and wrong, consequences, using brains not bronze. Students all have disabilities.

[Neko~chan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this when I was much, much younger and enjoyed it immensely. Now on reread there's a lot of historical gaps and plotholes. Gets cheesy and repetitive with the whole FRIENDSHIPPP thing too. But it was entertaining enough.

[Matthew Diehl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wayyyyyyyy better than the first one. If you liked the White Crane then you will love this book!

[Harry W · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this one better, it had more sword fighting

[DeeNeez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still an enjoyable read of the samurai kids of the Cockroach Ryu.

[Margbar11 · Rating 5 out of 5]

wonderful series