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Den of the White Fox

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Den of the white fox by Lensey Namioka is a compelling book. Two Ronin Samurai Zenta and Matsuzo go into to a mysterious forest that is said to be haunted by The White Fox. These two samurai's experience many things that are not normal and they also meet some rather strange like Kinu and Jiro that offer them shelter for the dark cold nights in the forest. Their journey teaches Matsuzo a young samurai some of the dangers of life, it's a very exciting story with all the puzzles and problems these two samurai face in the book. I recommend this book to people that would like to read a good action/adventure novel It's a wonderful book and if you don't read that much and want to start reading more, or if you aren't having good luck with finding a good book this is a book that will help you if you have any of these problems. I know this because I had these problems and this book helped me with my reading choices. This book flows very well and I and it's a really fun to read. But if you aren't interested in samurais or the Japanese culture this may not be the book for you. Still this is a good book for fun and instead of analyzing it you should enjoy it; any ways there's not that much cultural instances in the book. But you should really read this book if you want to start reading more often. I enjoyed this book and you should too if you read it.

It's a shame to see that this book is out of print. I found it when I was ten, and loved it. This should be required reading for fifth graders everywhere. It has a very fine story, with unexpected twists and endearing characters that make you wish you owned the rest of the series featuring these two samurai. If you see it, buy it.

Namioka's "young adult" book is a gentle, amiable mystery story set in Medeival Japan. While it didn't have quite enough historical detail for my tastes (I like a book that "takes me someplace I've never been"), I enjoyed the idiosyncratic characters and the low-key atmosphere. It's not too tough to solve the mystery, however!