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Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword is a children's historical novel by Chris Bradford, published in 2009. It is the second in a series of action-adventure stories set in 17th century Japan following the exploits of an English boy, Jack Fletcher, as he strives to be the first gaijin samurai.

Young Samurai has been described as a 'Black Belt' Young Bond, Artemis Fowl with Swords and Percy Jackson with Ninja. The first book was titled Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior (2008) and the fourth in the series will be Young Samurai: The Ring of Earth (August 2010).

Plot summary
Jack is facing his greatest battle yet...

Japan is threatened with war and samurai are taking sides. As the blood begins to flow, Jack’s warrior training is put to the ultimate test.

His survival - and those of his friends - depends upon him mastering the Two Heavens, the secret sword technique of the legendary samurai Masamoto. But first Jack must recover his father’s prize possession from the deadly ninja Dragon Eye.

Can Jack defeat his ruthless enemy? Or will the ninja complete his mission to kill the young samurai…

Characters

 * Jack Fletcher - hero of the Young Samurai series
 * Dāte Akiko – daughter of Dāte Hiroko and niece of Masamoto
 * Bulleted list item

Publication history
The Way of the Warrior was published by Puffin Books in 2008. Disney bought the US publishing rights in the same year and published the book in early March 2009. The translation rights to the Young Samurai series have also been sold to over 16 different territories. Since publication, the Film and TV rights were acquired by UK production company, Coolabi.