{"product_id":"9781938808340","title":"Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale","description":"\u003ch4\u003eCan one girl win a war?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\"Tight, exciting, and thoughtful!\" -- \u003c\/em\u003eKirkus\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKano Murasaki, you may not realize it, but I have done you a great favor. I have it in my power to give you a gift that you don't even realize you desire. Make yourself worth my trouble, and you will be glad of it. Disappoint me, and you will be very, very sorry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- - - -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees. Growing up far from the battlefields and court intrigues, the fatherless girl finds herself pulled into a plot that may reunite Japan -- or may destroy it. She is torn from her home and what is left of her family, but finds new friends at a school that may not be what it seems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagical but historical, \u003ci\u003eRisuko\u003c\/i\u003e follows her along the first dangerous steps to discovering who she truly is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSeasons of the Sword\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eKano Murasaki, called Risuko (Squirrel), is a young fatherless girl, more comfortable climbing trees than down on the ground. Yet she finds herself enmeshed in a game where the board is the whole nation of Japan, where the pieces are armies, moved by scheming lords, and a single girl couldn't possibly have the power to change the outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr could she?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003eHistorical adventure fiction appropriate for young adult and middle-grade readers\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Baldi Francesco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060180009200,"sku":"9781938808340","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938808340_p0.jpg?v=1763664499","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938808340","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}