A samurai fights for honor and survival in a real-life Game of Thrones.
Pamela S. Turner is the author of several award-winning books for
young readers, including Life on Earth--and Beyond, The Dolphins of
Shark Bay (HMH), Crow Smarts (HMH), and the Orbis Pictus Honor Book
The Frog Scientist (HMH). Pamela first encountered Minamoto
Yoshitsune's story while living in Japan. She now lives in Oakland,
California, where she is a black-belt practitioner of kendo, the
way of the sword.
Gareth Hinds is a third-degree black belt in aikido and the creator
of highly acclaimed graphic-novel adaptions of Macbeth, Romeo and
Juliet, The Odyssey, and other classics (Candlewick). While in
college, Gareth made artwork inspried by legends about Yoshitsune,
and is thrilled to return to twelfth century Japan in Samurai
Rising. Gareth lives in Washington, DC. www.garethhinds.com
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