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402 pp.
| Putnam |
May, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-17163-5$17.99
(4)
YA
When the convoy of seventeen-year-old Hattori Mariko, daughter of a prominent samurai, is attacked en route to meet her betrothed, she escapes into the haunted forest nearby. Disguised as a peasant boy, Mariko joins the Black Clan, a ninja-like group, whom she suspects of the attack. Despite melodramatic prose and uneven world-building, this should appeal to fans of romantic YA fantasy. Glos.