Shadow Warrior: Based on the True Story of a Fearless Ninja and Her Network of Female Spies

author: Tanya Lloyd Kyi
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.89
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2018/08/24
date added: 2018/08/24
shelves: childrens
review:
'Shadow Warrior: Based on the True Story of a Fearless Ninja and Her Network of Female Spies' by Tanya Lloyd Kyi with illustrations by Celia Krampien is true. Maybe.

Young Mochizuki Chiyonne trains to be a ninja, and she's quite good at it. Unfortunately, before she can use her skills, she finds herself married off to Mochizuki Moritoki, the nephew of a powerful daimyo named Takeda Shingen. Soon after her wedding, her husband goes off to war and she feels like her training could be put to good use. She finds a young orphan girl named Aki, and starts a school. The cover is that her girls will be in a religious order, but they will actually be spies.

Some of the characters are real, and some are fictional. There isn't much known about Mochizuki Chiyonne, but there are legends about her. It makes for an interesting story. Especially when the beautiful art by Celia Krampien is added. Along with that art are drawings from the time period, which helps add nice flavor to the story.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Annick Press Ltd. and NetGalley in exchange for an honest reivew. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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