Chris Bradford

One year of training in samurai school and Jack is in real trouble ... Not only is he busy preparing for the Circle of Three, an ancient ritual that tests courage, skill and spirit to the limit, he's also caught in a running battle with fellow student Kazuki and his gang. Age 11+.

Young Samurai: The Ring of Water is the fifith book in this blockbuster series by Chris Bradford
Jack Fletcher has been left for dead.
Bruised and battered, Jack Fletcher wakes up in a roadside inn wrapped only in a dirty kimono. He has lost everything, including his memory of what happened.
Determined to discover the truth, Jack goes on a quest to retrieve his belongings - his precious swords, his friend Akiko's black pearl

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Adventure meets fantastic historical fiction in this tale of a samurai school set in Japan.

Shipwrecked on the shore of Japan, twelve-year-old Jack Fletcher is wounded and alone. His father and the entire crew have been slaughtered by ninja pirates. Jack's last remaining possession is his father's rudder, an invaluable book of maps and notes about the world's uncharted oceans. Masamoto-sama, one of Japan's greatest samurai, rescues Jack, adopts him, and sends him to samurai school, where Jack will be trained in the Way of the Warrior. Will...

Jacks Reise verschlägt ihn in ein Dorf, in dem schlimme Zustände herrschen: Die Bauern dort werden regelmäßig von dem gefürchteten Banditen Akuma überfallen und ausgeraubt. Als wahrer Samurai verspricht Jack sofort, ihnen beizustehen. Doch es bleibt nur wenig Zeit, um Mitstreiter für den Kampf zu gewinnen. Denn Akuma kann jeden Augenblick zurückkommen ...

Stranded and alone on the moon, Luna is running out of time... Bestselling author Chris Bradford crafts The Martian for teens in this gripping outer-space survival story. Luna loves living on the moon. She enjoys helping her father—a Moon Miner—on his search for precious minerals and rocks. But when a devastating meteor strike destroys their base, Luna is left stranded alone on the moon. With no shelter and few supplies, she must find a way to...

Publisher Annotation: Picking up where the electrifying third Bodyguard installment, Hijack, left off, young bodyguard Connor Reeves and the the twin daughters of an Australian media-mogul he is tasked to protect are under attack--and the odds are far from even. In the middle of the ocean somewhere off the coast of Somalia, a group of merciless pirates, wielding enormous firepower, hijack the twins' yacht and incapacitate the ship's adult crewmembers....

Young bodyguard Charley Hunter is all that stands between demanding rock star Ash Wild and his would-be killer as his sold-out U.S. tour continues.

Publisher Annotation: Following the nail-biting cliff-hanger of Bodyguard 1: Recruit, the action resumes in Hostage as martial arts expert and trained bodyguard Connor Reeves battles to protect the US president's daughter, Alicia, from mortal danger . . . even if it means putting his own life at risk.

After their convoy is ambushed by rebel soldiers, teenage bodyguard Connor along with Amber and Henri, whom he is sworn to protect, must fight for their lives in the African plains, evading lethal hunters, both human and animal.