Title: Young samurai
Description: Orphaned by a ninja pirate attack off the coast of Japan in 1611, twelve-year-old Englishman Jack Fletcher is determined to prove himself, despite the bullying of fellow students, when the legendary sword master who rescued him begins his training as a samurai warrior.
Subjects: Ninjas, Adventure and adventurers, Orphans, British, Fiction, Samurai, Adventure stories, Ninja, History, Martial arts, Juvenile fiction, Historical fiction
Places: Japan
Time periods: Tokugawa period, 1600-1868