This book is part of a book series called Samurai Kids .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

This book was published 2011 by Candlewick Press (MA) .

Sandy Fussell lives south of Sydney, Australia. She studied mathematics at university, is intensely interested in history and now works in IT. Rhian Nest James started working as a freelance illustrator in 1987 and has since illustrated over sixty children's books. Rhian moved to Sydney, Australia from her native Wales in 2002.