{"product_id":"9781462910342","title":"Samurai Awakening: Samurai Awakening Book 1","description":"\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the 2013 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Matthews is having a rough time. Being a teenager is bad enough, but when he picks up and moves to Japan for a year, with barely any knowledge of the language or social behaviors of Japanese teenagers, things go from bad to worse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil one day, David attends a temple ceremony and finds himself possessed by a Japanese god.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly, he can understand and speak Japanese. He has unbelievable new powers, including the ability to shift into a tiger, and a powerful sword he can materialize at will from its sheath—his body. But nothing comes for free, and these changes bring David face-to-face with the most terrifying creatures of Japanese legend—vengeful okami, demonic oni and terrifying ghostly yurei.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrained by his host family, famous sword-makers and the keepers of an ancient secret entrusted to their family by the first Emperor of Japan, David must fight desperately to save his host sister from a hoard of Japanese monsters. Evil has returned to Japan, and David must overcome his own insecurities if he is to save her and become a True Samurai—the protector of Japan.","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141278646512,"sku":"9781462910342","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462910342_p0.jpg?v=1763679943","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462910342","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}