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The samurai detective series for young adults by dorothy hoobler and thomas hoobler features judge ooka and his fictional apprentice seikei. Fiction set in asia that teens might enjoy the seattle public. Hoobler, thomas, isbn 0142405418, isbn 97801424054, brand new, free shipping in the us seikei, the fourteenyearold son of a tea merchant in japan, wants desperately to become a samurai, and he gets his chance to prove his courage when he becomes involved in the pursuit of a ruby thief. The ghost in the tokaido inn is a young adult novel by dorothy hoobler and thomas hoobler. The ghost in the tokaido inn book by dorothy hoobler. Seikei was born the son of a tea merchant, so a merchant he must be. In the middle of the night, the door to his room opens and he sees a ghost holding a shiny red stone. Read online free book the ghost in the tokaido inn. Read the ghost in the tokaido inn 2005 online free. The ghost of the tokaido inn tells a fascinating tale of samurijapan. Dutch author bertus aafjes wrote a fivebook series featuring ooka. The ghost in the tokaido inn by dorothy and thomas hoobler, 1999. The ghost in the tokaido inn by dorothy hoobler goodreads. The ghost in the tokaido inn by tom hoobler overdrive.
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