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Shadow Warrior

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This imaginative tale takes young readers on a journey to Japan of days long considered history with colourful images, strong heroines, and strategy galore, providing an engaging read.

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Did you know that there are stories that circulated, during Japans golden age, the time of peace that came after the Shoguns, that told of female ninjas?

Nope, neither did I.

At first I thought this was going to be a modern take on what could have happened if a girl or woman became a ninja, and I thought that it was going to be full of modern thinking. But, when I read this was based on legend, and stories, so many stories that though there was no direct evidence of the existance of female ninjas, the stories that were told matched up, from all over Japan, and formed a picture of a school of ninjas for girls.

This is just a picture book, but it is well written, very well researched, and with the mindset of the time period. Chiyomi, instead of fighting her arranged marriage, as a girl from this era would, she accepted it because that is what girls did.

Beautifully illustrated with modern pictures, as well as pictures from the era.

Very cool story, and it all works. And the information at the end of the book, about the legends is also quite good.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

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