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by Haugaard, Erik Christian |
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| | ix | | Acknowledgments | | xi | | Preface | | xiii | | | | 1 | (8) | | | 9 | (8) | | | 17 | (6) | | | 23 | (9) | | | 32 | (8) | | A Night at Toko-ji Temple |
| | 40 | (8) | | | 48 | (9) | | | 57 | (7) | | | 64 | (6) | | | 70 | (7) | | | 77 | (7) | | | 84 | (6) | | | 90 | (5) | | | 95 | (7) | | | 102 | (7) | | | 109 | (9) | | | 118 | (6) | | | 124 | (7) | | | 131 | (7) | | | 138 | (7) | | | 145 | (9) | | | 154 | (7) | | | 161 | (8) | | | 169 | (6) | | | 175 | (7) | | | 182 | (7) | | | 189 | (5) | | | 194 | (8) | | Lord Zakoji Becomes a Priest |
| | 202 | (5) | | The Siege of Iwamura Castle |
| | 207 | (5) | | | 212 | (5) | | | 217 | (6) | | | 223 | (7) | | | 230 | |
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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.
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Erik Haugaard was born in Denmark and has traveled extensively in the United States, Italy, Spain, and Japan. Called "a writer gifted in the art of the storyteller" by the BOSTON GLOBE, he is internationally known for his accomplishments as a playwright, poet, and translator. He has won critical acclaim for his books for young readers, including A BOY'S WILL, THE UNTOLD TALE, and CROMWELL'S BOY.
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"I shall begin my tale on that day when I lost not only my father, but my mother and my two older brothers as well . . . In the morning of that day my name had been Murakami; I was a bushi, a knightâ??s son whom every woman in the village would fondle and spoil. Before the sun set I had been given the name Taro, a servantâ??s name, and I was of no more importance than that name implied."
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