Ghost In Tokaido Inn

by Hoobler, Dorothy; Hoobler, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780698118799
• ISBN10: 0698118790
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-21
• Publisher: Puffin

Summary

A priceless ruby has been stolen and an innocent family framed for the crime. Can Seikei prove himself a worthy samurai by uncovering the real thief?- Nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Young-Adult Mystery- Named to five State Award Lists- An ALA Best Book for Young Adults- An IRA/CBC Young Adult Choice- "Parent's Choice Silver Medal recipient- A "Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon selection

Author Biography

Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler are historians and authors of over sixty books, both fiction and nonfiction, mostly for young readers.

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(2)
On the Tokaido Road	3	(6)
The Inn	9	(12)
A Ghost Story	21	(9)
The Hour of the Rat	30	(5)
Prisoners in the Inn	35	(6)
Looking for a Ghost	41	(7)
In the Tunnel	48	(7)
A Sword for Seikei	55	(8)
The Road to Ise	63	(11)
The Forty-Seven Ronin	74	(12)
The Floating World	86	(11)
An Offering to Amaterasu	97	(9)
A Hard Path to Follow	106	(9)
A New Role	115	(8)
Under the Komuso's Mask	123	(8)
The Magic of Kabuki	131	(9)
The Double Suicide	140	(7)
A Sword Fight	147	(9)
The Shogun's City	156	(9)
A Promise to the Spirits	165	(4)
The Rehearsal	169	(10)
The Performance	179	(10)
The Play Is Finished	189	(6)
A Tea Ceremony	195	(9)
The End of the Path	204	(10)
Authors' Note	214