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Asian Fiction and Non-fiction

in the Marshall Middle School Library

The Cat Who Went to Heaven Coatsworth A little cat comes to the home of a poor

artist and brings him good fortune. FIC COA

Confucius: The Golden Rule Freedman An illustrated introduction to the life and

teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucius. 92 CON

The Demon in the Teahouse Hoobler In eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-

old Seikei, a merchant's son in training to be a samurai, helps his patron investigate a series ofmurders and arson in the capital city of Edo, each of which is associated in some way with a

popular geisha. FIC HOO

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Hoobler While attempting to solve the

mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group ofkabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan. FIC HOO

In Darkness, Death Hoobler In eighteenth-century Japan, young Seikei becomes

involved with a ninja as he helps Judge Ooka, his foster father, investigate the murder of a

samurai. FIC HOO

The Ink-Keepers Apprentice Say A 14-year-old boy lives on his own in Tokyo and

becomes apprenticed to a famous Japanese cartoonist. FIC SAY

Manga Touch Pearce Dana, a high school teen who loves to draw manga, goes on

a exchange trip to Japan along with her classmates and learns about Japan, manga, and gettingalong with others. FIC PEA

A Samurai Never Fears Death Hoobler Returning home to investigate the possible

connection of his family's tea shop with smugglers, Seikei, now a samauri in eighteenth-centuryJapan, becomes involved in murder at a local puppet theater and saving the life of his sister's

accused boyfriend. FIC HOO

The Samurais Tale Haugaard In turbulent sixteenth-century Japan, orphaned Taro

is taken in by a general serving the great warlord Takeda Shingen and grows up to become a

samurai fighting for the enemies of his dead family. FIC HAU

Shipwrecked: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy Blumberg In 1841, rescued by

an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on

a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro learns new laws and customs as he becomes the firstJapanese person to set foot in the United States. 952 BLU

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Single Shard Park Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a

bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics

himself. FIC PAR

Sondok, Princess of the Moon and Stars Holman In a series of messages placed in her

grandmother's ancestral jar, a seventh century princess and future ruler of the Korean kingdom ofSilla vents her frustration at not being permitted to study astronomy because she is a girl. FIC

HOL

The Sword that Cut the Burning Grass Hoobler In his latest adventure in 18th-

century Japan, fourteen-year-old samurai apprentice Seikei, with the help of a servant girl and an

old man, sets out to rescue the young Emperor Yasuhito from his kidnappers. FIC HOO

The Tao of Pooh Hoff Explains the principles of Taoism through Winnie-the-Pooh, and

explains Winnie-the-Pooh through the secret wisdom of the Taoists. 299 HOF

When My Name Was Keoko Park With national pride and occasional fear, a brotherand sister face the increasingly oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II,

which threatens to suppress Korean culture entirely. FIC PAR

Year of Impossible Goodbyes Choi A young Korean girl survives the oppressive

Japanese and Russian occupation of North Korea during the 1940s, to later escape to freedom in

South Korea. FIC CHO

Zen and the Art of Faking It Sonnenblick When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a

new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when hisknowledge of Zen Buddhism, gained in his previous school, provides the answer--and the need

to quickly become a convincing Zen master. FIC SON

Zen Shorts Muth When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells

to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. PIC FIC MUT