The Book of the Flame Contributor(s): Asai, Carrie (Author), Alarcão, Renato (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689867131 ISBN-13: 9780689867132 Publisher: Simon Pulse OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: Squired by Masato, Heaven returns to the family compound and the lifestyle she longs for. Realizing how far she has come as Samurai Girl, she soon learns the truth about her birth mother. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2003108406 |
Series: Samurai Girl |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.06" W x 7.02" (0.36 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 75586 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When I was six months old, I dropped from the sky -- the lone survivor of a deadly Japanese plane crash. The newspapers named me Heaven. I was adopted by a wealthy family in Tokyo, pampered, and protected. For nineteen years, I thought I was lucky. I'm learning how wrong I was. I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE ALERT. AND I'VE NEVER FELT LESS SAFE. L.A. IS FILLED WITH NEW AND OLD FRIENDS. BUT WHICH ONES CAN I TRUST? I ONLY KNOW THAT I MUST GO ON WITHOUT THE ONE I LOVE. FRIENDS AND BOYFRIENDS WILL GET ME NOWHERE. I'LL HAVE TO FIGHT TO FIND MY WAY HOME. I AM SAMURAI GIRL. |