In this retelling of an anonymous twelfth-century Japanese story, the young woman Izumi resists social and family pressures as she befriends cate

Told in two voices, fifteen-year-old Copper struggles to confront inevitable and enormous change after his father's death and his uncle writes to

Told in two voices, fifteen-year-old Copper struggles to confront inevitable and enormous change after his father's death and his uncle writes to

After a Japanese master swordmaker and his apprentice craft the perfect sword, they search high and low for someone worthy of it.

"Mariko must uncover deception in the imperial court and rescue Okami, while preparing for her nuptials"--