Dorothy Hoobler
Author
Series
Samurai detective series volume 1
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this addition to the What Was? series, kids will experience what it was like to be in San Francisco in 1906 when the ground buckled in a major, catastrophic earthquake. One early April morning in 1906, the people of San Francisco were jolted awake by a mammoth earthquake--one that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale. Not only was there major damage from the quake itself but broken gas lines sparked a fire that ravaged the city for days. More than...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleuth Philomel
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Returning home to investigate the possible connection of his family's tea shop with smugglers, Seikei, now a samauri in eighteenth-century Japan, becomes involved in murder at a local puppet theater and saving the life of his sister's accused boyfriend.
Author
Series
Samurai detective series volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old Seikei, a merchant's son in training to be a samurai, helps his patron investigate a series of murders and arson in the capital city of Edo, each of which is associated in some way with a popular geisha.