McCann, Jesse Leon.
Summary: Scooby-Doo and his friends from Mystery, Inc. go to Japan to investigate the mystery of a ghost of an ancient samurai who haunts a construction site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight 2010
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1 available in Kids' Favorite Characters, Call number: JE SCOShiga, Jason
Summary: In this choose-your-own-story style graphic novel, the reader's choices builds the life story of the main character--beginning by choosing the path of the samurai or the ninja and leading to defeating the evil Lord Touma.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Fanfare, an imprint of ABRAMS 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 SHIAhdieh, Renée
Summary: "Mariko must uncover deception in the imperial court and rescue Okami, while preparing for her nuptials"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC AHDLang, Ryan
Summary: "In a feudal Japan where creatures of myth and folklore are real, a demon sets out to reforge an ancient weapon to take over the world. The only person who can stop him is a six-inch-tall would-be samurai, who also happens to be the final and most important piece of the weapon"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LANSummary: Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio's tenuous existence before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate. Driven by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono. Now he has broken free. Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has one task: to take her piece of the ancient and powerful scroll to the Steel Feather temple in order to prevent the summoning of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2019
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Summary: " The award-winning author of How to Be and American Housewife returns with a poignant story of estranged sisters, forced together by family tragedy, who soon learn that sisterhood knows no limits. Rachel and Drew Snow may be sisters, but their lives have followed completely different paths. Married to a wonderful man and is a mother to two strong-minded teens, Rachel hasn't returned to her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnams Sons 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DILKagawa, Julie
Summary: Even with the combined skills of Kage Tatsumi and the demon Hakaimono inside of him, they both know that it may be impossible to overcome the evil forces that control the cursed sword that keep them trapped as one.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2020
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Summary: In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright by running away! In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki’s peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 741.5 ELUSummary: "Brody's fight training, under the tutelage of samurai ghost Kagemura, has toughened his body and honed his senses so finely that Brody can not only communicate with ghosts, but envision how and when someone dies. However, his new skills aren't quite powerful enough to uncover the whereabouts of the mysterious Penny Murderer. With the help of the ghost Talia, herself hoping to bring the killer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2012
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BROTokuda-Hall, Maggie
Summary: Being a samurai isn't easy. Sixteen-year-old Chihiro Ito knows that more than anyone. Her father is renowned among the samurai, but the only thing Chihiro is known for is spending way too much time on her phone obsessing over Tatsuo Nakano, Chihiro's idol and the first woman to be accepted into Kesi Academy, a prestigious samurai school. So, when Chihiro's father is conscripted for service and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Alley 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TOKCrilley, Mark.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2013
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BROTrussoni, Danielle.
Summary: It is the Year of the Wood Dragon, and the ingenious Mike Brink has been invited to Tokyo, Japan, to open the legendary Dragon Box. The box was constructed during one of Japan's most tumultuous periods, when the samurai class was disbanded and the shogun lost power. In this moment of crisis, Emperor Meiji locked a priceless Imperial secret in the Dragon Box. Only two people knew how to open the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEPreus, Margi.
Summary: In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PREMatsui, Yūsei
Summary: "The time has come for Tokiyuki and Yorishige's allies in Shinano to make their move against their enemies, the devious governor Ogasawara and the evil kokushi, Kiyohara. But in order to get the campaign going, Tokiyuki must earn the respect of Yorishige's warriors, and to do that, he'll need to engage his old nemesis, the wily Shokan. Shokan is no fool, however, and Tokiyuki will have to come...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ELUSummary: Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty. An honorable end to such fate under the samurai code is ritual suicide, or hara-kiri.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Vision Enertainment 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HARKoike, Kazuo
Contents: Wife of the heart -- Wandering Samarai -- Echo of the assassin -- Naked worms -- The Yagyū letter: Prologue -- Glossary -- Creator profiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Comics 2001
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LONRowland, Laura Joh.
Summary: In 1690 Nagasaki, the body of a Dutch trader washes up on the coast where foreign "barbarians" are lodged and guarded. Japan's preeminent detective-samurai, Sano Ichiro, risks his honor and his life to find the killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPaperbacks 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROWRowland, Laura Joh.
Summary: As the conflict between Sano Ichiro and his enemies escalates, the samurai detective and his wife, Reiko, are called in by the shogun to investigate a mysterious skeleton, in a case that forces them to confront long-buried secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROWKagawa, Julie
Summary: One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish--and the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn. Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Half...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Teen 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KAGRowland, Laura Joh.
Summary: In 1698 Japan, samurai detective Sano Ichiro finds his role as the shogun's trusted advisor threatened when the shogun's heir, Lord Mori, is found murdered, with Sano's pregnant wife, Reiko, lying beside him, naked and covered in blood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Minotaur 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROWHub
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HUBStilton, Geronimo
Summary: Traveling to Tokugawa Dynasty-era Japan to stop the Pirate Cats' evil scheme, Geronimo Stilton unwittingly assumes the identity of a legendary swordsman while Thea Stilton accidentally invents Kabuki theater.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2013
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2 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STISummary: Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2003