In 2011, while visiting his father's hometown in Japan shortly after his death, Ben finds himself and his family being swept away by a terrible tsunami that leaves him stranded and alone in a strange country, far from home.

A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.

Wink loves being the most famous ninja in Japan but when he needs a nap his fans will not leave him alone, and so he seeks guidance from his former teacher, Master Zutsu.

The year is 1799, the place Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, the "high-walled, fan-shaped artificial island" that is the Japanese Empire's single port and sole window onto the world, designed to keep the West at bay; the farthest outpost of the war-ravaged Dutch East Indies Company; and a de facto prison for the dozen foreigners permitted to live and work there. To this place of devious merchants, deceitful interpreters, costly courtesans, earthquakes,...

Instead of receiving an exciting mission after graduating from the Ninja Academy, prankster Naruto must train with the old master Kakashi, from whom he learns the importance of teamwork.

Yoh and Manta face separate challenges, as Manta and Ryu travel by motorcycle across Japan to Yoh's faraway home in Izumo, while Yoh ventures into a cave in search of shamanic inspiration.

As the battle over the bridge heightens, Naruto and his friends learn what it means to truly become a ninja--sometimes you have to fight to win--then deal with the consequences.

In Tokyo, fifteen-year-old Daniel X faces two of the most dangerous aliens on the planet, who are plotting to use video games to control children and turn them into an army of doom.

During their first assignment to protect a famous bridge builder, Naruto and two other junior ninjas face a formidable opponent in Zabuza, the evil Demon of the Mist.

Told in two voices, seventeen-year-old kamikaze pilot Taro and fifteen-year-old war worker Hana meet in 1945 Japan, he with no future and she, haunted by the past. Includes historical notes and glossary.