{"product_id":"risuko-a-kunoichi-tale-9781938808326","title":"Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamurai, assassins, warlords -- and a girl who likes to climb\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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\/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\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\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\u003eThe first volume of the Seasons of the Sword series \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan one girl win a war?\u003c\/p\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\u003eOr could she?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical adventure fiction appropriate for young adult and middle-grade readers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNOW AVAILABLE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stillpoint\/Atalanta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938808326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Kudler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671356993692,"sku":"9781938808326","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_110eb82b-c058-408b-9b25-3305ed85d0a4.jpg?v=1603925178","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/risuko-a-kunoichi-tale-9781938808326","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}