Books by Chris Bradford
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review 1: Jack just wants to leave Japan and return to England. But after becoming a samurai and fighting against the new shogun, the bounty on his head is higher then ever and every samurai in Japan is out to get his head. So Jack plans to find away to stow on a ship to england. Then, he ...
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review 1: This book is a really interesting story about a boy who gets stranded on Japan. It is about what difficulties he went through when arriving to a totaly foreign place. The plot is very interesting but not so original. It has the same setup as many other books do. With this I mean ...
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review 1: In the book Young Samurai: Way of the Sword by Chris Bradford, Bradford continuously comes back to never giving up. This story takes place in the early 1600’s in the so-called “Japans”. It all starts when Jack’s father and crew members are slaughtered by ninjas led by Dragon ey...
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review 1: in the story jack and his friends were kicked out of his samurai school. So when they were accepted back into school he tries to learn his secret sword technique so he can get revenge on the ninja that took his book. He wants revenge because the book contains the ultimate power t...
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review 1: This fourth book in the Young Samurai series is a commendable continuation of the story of young Jack Fletcher. As this second stage of Jack Fletcher's adventure in Japan begins, Jack is again challenged to adapt in ways that challenge him to consider carefully the significant et...
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review 1: Jack wakes up, not remembering a single thing, is battered and bruised in an inn. Jack goes and tries to retrieve his personal belongings. As the emperor tries to murder him, he comes along to find himself in a terrible situation: Kazuki plots to find Akiko and kill her in Toba b...
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review 1: This is an action book. That point is fairly obvious, but important because I don’t normally read action books. But this book was surprisingly, well surprising is probably the wrong word, it was unexpectedly good. I think this is because the characters featured in this book felt ...
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review 1: This book is one of the best books I have ever read. Samurai, Ninja, Pirates and action- all my favorite genres in one book! Every time I read the new book oh the 'Young Samurai' series, it astonishes me. There are always new idea, more suspense and more action. Chris Bradford's ...
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review 1: "The Ring of Sky" by Chris Bradford is about an english warrior called Jack who got shipwrecked on the coast of Japan, he wants to find a ship bound to England so that he can see his sister again but the Shogun, a group of warlords, are after him. So he finds a group of friends h...
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review 1: The book in and of itself was fun. BUT...I can't seem to stop thinking about James Clavell's Shogun...the "similarity" is just too much...The Dutch East India Company ship that wrecks on the shores of Nippon islands and the Englishman who slowly learns japanese, becomes Hatamoto ...
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review 1: I was looking for something light to read that was not cop, war or zombie related and I came across this book, which fit the bill nicely. The first third of the book was Shogun watered-down and the rest was original enough to keep the story enjoyable. I saw the comparisons to Har...
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review 1: Rated this book 5 stars because there were so adventures of the words that are written. I really liked the fact that (most) of the characters didn't just give up-they continued their journey through hard times, grief, and pain. Jack is really a good guy throughout the series but ...
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review 1: Young Samurai The Ring of Earth By Chris Bradford.I rated this book Five stars.This book covers the category of a book that teachers you about a culture other then your own. Jack Fletcher has been stranded on Japan for three years in training to be a samurai but his school feel w...
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review 1: Buku keempat di seri ini. Jack sendirian menuju Nagasaki. Tapi, sejak kalah perang dan adanya kebijakan baru, Shogun, Jack yang merupakan orang asing diburu oleh pemerintah. Selain karena dia orang asing, juga karena dia memegang rutter ayahnya. Saat lagi di buru, Jack tanpa seng...
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review 1: Rated this book 5 stars because it was truly amazing and sad to see people dying... There were sacrifices to be made between people, especially the loved ones and the true friends... I really loved the fact that friends took sacrifices because of the war that was happening throug...
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review 1: The beginning of this book surprised me and would have done to any other reader which has followed the story line. Jack (the main character) finds himself in a morbid state and all his belongings have been stolen. The story then goes on of his recovery and befriending a ronin (ma...
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review 1: This is the fifth book in the series. In this book Jack wakes up without any memory of what happened in the last couple of days.Determined to find his stolen belongings he encounters Ronin (a samurai without master) and Hana a "thief". This trio have one thing in common, they are...
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review 1: The ring of water is a very good book in a line of excellent novels. I like the way Chris Bradford created Ronin to be a very complex character, this was an unexpected twist in this series because throughout the series before the ring of water all master less samurai were very a...
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review 1: The 7th book of this amazing series( Young Samurai), amazed me yet again. The twists and the turns of the story kept me glued on the book from start to end. The story was very original and very different from all the other stories. Yet again I learnt more about the 1600s in Japan...