{"product_id":"jet-black-and-the-ninja-wind-9780804844024","title":"Jet Black and the Ninja Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the 2013-2014 Asian\/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature**\u003cbr\u003e**2015 Sakura Medal Nominee**\u003cbr\u003e**Shortlisted for the 2014 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award**\u003cbr\u003e**Nominated for the Cybils Young Adult Bloggers Literary Award**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeventeen-year-old Jet Black is a ninja. There's only one problem--she doesn't know it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJet has never lived a so-called normal life. Raised by her single Japanese mother on a Navajo reservation in the Southwest, Jet's life was a constant litany of mysterious physical and mental training. For as long as Jet can remember, every Saturday night she and her mother played the game on the local mountain. But this time, Jet is fighting for her life. And at the end of the night, her mother dies and Jet finds herself an orphan--and in mortal danger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFulfilling her mother's dying wish, Jet flies to Japan to live with her grandfather where she discovers she is the only one who can protect a family treasure hidden in her ancestral land. She's terrified, but if Jet won't fight to protect her world, who will? Stalked by bounty hunters and desperately attracted with the man who's been sent to kill her, Jet must be strong enough to protect the treasure, preserve an ancient culture and save a sacred mountain from destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJet Black and the Ninja Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, multiple award-winning author, poet and translator team Leza Lowitz and Shogo Oketani make their first foray into young adult fiction with a compulsively readable tale whose teenage heroine must discover if she can put the blade above the heart--or die trying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-210154\"\u003eLeza Lowitz\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3164961\"\u003eShogo Oketani\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804844024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080484402X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAF\"\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAF001000\"\u003eAction \u0026amp; Adventure | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAF\"\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAF059090\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation | Martial Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-YAF\"\u003eYoung Adult Fiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-YAF046130\"\u003ePeople \u0026amp; Places | United States | Asian American \u0026amp; Pacific I\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning multi-genre writer \u003cb\u003eLeza Lowitz\u003c\/b\u003e has published more than seventeen books, including the Amazon best-selling title, \u003ci\u003eYoga Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. Her numerous awards include the PEN\/Oakland Josephine Miles Poetry Award, a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, grants from the NEA and NEH, and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature from Columbia University. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post, Shambhala Sun, Harpers, Best Buddhist Writing, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e online, and on NPR's The Sound of Writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShogo Oketani\u003c\/b\u003e is a martial artist, editor, translator and author of the critically acclaimed middle grade novel \u003ci\u003eJ-Boys: Kazuo's World, Tokyo 1965\u003c\/i\u003e. Together with Lowitz, he was honored with the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature from Columbia University. Lowitz and Oketani live in Japan with their young son.","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43233249722605,"sku":"9780804844024","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_12e51e44-8bc9-437a-85ab-61f7b28c3cfb.jpg?v=1660907397","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/jet-black-and-the-ninja-wind-9780804844024","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}