{"product_id":"risuko-a-kunoichi-tale-hardcover","title":"Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Kudler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSamurai, assassins, warlords -- and a girl who likes to climb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTight, exciting, and thoughtful... The characters are nicely varied and all the pieces fit into place deftly.\u003c\/em\u003e -- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKano Murasaki, you may not realize it, but I have done you a great favor. I have it in my power to give you a gift that you don't even realize you desire. Make yourself worth my trouble, and you will be glad of it. Disappoint me, and you will be very, very sorry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees. Growing up far from the battlefields and court intrigues, the fatherless girl finds herself pulled into a plot that may reunite Japan -- or may destroy it. She is torn from her home and what is left of her family, but finds new friends at a school that may not be what it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagical but historical, \u003cem\u003eRisuko\u003c\/em\u003e follows her along the first dangerous steps to discovering who she truly is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first volume of the Seasons of the Sword series!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan one girl win a war?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eKano Murasaki, called Risuko (Squirrel) is a young, fatherless girl, more comfortable climbing trees than down on the ground. Yet she finds herself enmeshed in a game where the board is the whole nation of Japan, where the pieces are armies, moved by scheming lords, and a single girl couldn't possible have the power to change the outcome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr could she?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorical adventure fiction appropriate for young adult and middle-grade readers\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418102874290,"sku":"9781938808326","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/16e57a6a5f9f18c548cb89c1a7c42701.webp?v=1778443279","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/risuko-a-kunoichi-tale-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}