Monkey Fist

I am Niya we are travelling back from China, my friend Yoshi had stayed there for three weeks to help our friends Mei and Dufeng defend their home with the other Shaolin monks, Sensei would not let me stay with him, Mikko, Kyoko and Taji and I are headed north to the great wall, one night Kyoko has gone missing, we search but can't find her, Sensei suspects an old enemy Lu Zeng of taking her and has probably taken her to the Forbidden City, Yoshi finds horses and we ride to the Forbidden City, the main gate is guarded by four soldiers but we are allowed into Beijing one of the greatest cities in the worldAt the market a pickpocket tries to steal Mikko's sword but Sensei grabs him, the penalty for touching a Samurai sword is death, the boy is sorry and a guard walks up who wants to put him in prison but Sensei says it is ok, at the Temple they are led to a wooden hatch and have to climb down, at the end of the tunnel a door with no handle, Sensei knocks and the peddler opens it, there are ten men in the room including an old man, they said they were the Lin an ancient race, they knew we were here to rescue the girl and they wanted them to rescue the old mans grandson Enlai 7yrs, Lu Zeng intended to kill the boy and dissect him to see if he could find a way to live longer, we asked to learn some of their skills in return and they agreed, the old man thought Kyoko and the boy were held in the Temple of Scientific ExcellenceFor training we were taken to a tunnel with many exits and had to find our way out, Taji was blind and with his sense of smell we found the right oneone of the Lin Big Wu said we did well, they then had to learn about shadows, Big Wu took them to the city walls and called a guard they had to conceal themselves. he didn't find them, next day they learnt poisons from Master Yang and showed them how to put poison on arrows and use arsenic, Big Wu arrives with the young boy from the market, Chen who had a badly cut arm from one of the soldiers, Master Jang used acupuncture to stop the pain and sewed it up, they hear Lu Zeng is worried about the peasants revolting and the Mongols getting past the wall, Lu Zeng is to have a ceremony to wish his soldiers and officers good luck in the battles aheadThe story continues with a meeting with Lu Zeng asking for Kyoto, a battle between Kyoto and me, Kyoko is freed but wants to rescue the boy, Yoshi is shot with a poisoned arrow, Master Jang treats him, there is a battle between Lu Feng and our Sensei, who wins the battle, do they ever rescue Enlai and defeat the evil Lu FengOne of a series of four books, reasonable story line, probably worth reading

My grandson loves this series. I am happy it is an enjoyable book for him. It is perfect reading for him, a turned ten yr old.

MY 6 YO GRANDSON IS VERY INTERESTED IN SAMURAI. THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD "CHAPTER" BOOK WHEN I READ TO HIM. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WOULD BE AGE-APPROPRIATE BUT GAVE NO AGE GROUP. IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO BE PUT AWAY FOR WHEN HE'S OLDER.

My 9 year old only read about half of the book. He said is was boring (now this is a kid who love to read and reread books) but my son likes books more like diary of a wimpy kid books.