Arriving in New York City with nothing but the new shoes his mother had bought him just before the voyage Beniamino must not only learn to survive the streets of New York City on his own, but he must also save himself from the cruel “padroni” (bosses) who search out, capture, and enslave homeless boys for their own profit. For those who like mysteries and those fascinated by ancient Japanese culture.ATOS score Interest level: MGěook Level 3.6Īs a stowaway on a ship from Naples, Italy to New York City, nine-year-old Beniamino is frightened and confused, not understanding why his mother is not with him, as she had promised.
The shogun allows the Judge to adopt Seikei, letting him follow his dream of becoming a samurai. The criminals and the dishonorable all die in the end and during a wrap up tea ceremony the Judge reveals to the shogun how he and Seikei made their discoveries. What follows is a great samurai mystery, with intrigue, drama, and honor. Instead, they wait to see how events will play out – to find out what motive Genji had in stealing the jewel and what he plans to do with it.
But Judge Ooka does not apprehend him, even when he knows the culprit’s name. Seikei confirms this suspicion – Tomomi, whose real name is Genji Takezaki, is the thief. Judge Ooka suspects that one of a troop of kabuki players has stolen the jewel and they set off in pursuit. He discovers that it was a real person who disappeared beneath the floor of the inn and escaped through a tunnel. Seikei glimpses the thief, but thinks he has seen an evil spirit of some kind. A fake jewel was found among the belongings of the paper merchant and his daughter. A valuable jewel was stolen from the samurai Hakuseki, who meant to deliver it to the shogun as a present. Along the way Ooka gives Seikei the opportunity to prove that he has what it takes to be a truly great samurai. When he speaks up about what he’s seen to save the lives of some innocent paper merchants, Judge Ooka, the investigator decides to let Seikei help him solve the crime he is investigating surrounding that mysterious figure. He gets his chance when he notices a mysterious figure in the dark while he and his father are staying at an inn. Seikei is the son of a merchant in ancient Japan, but he longs to escape his current station and become a noble samurai – one of the knights of Japan.
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