Ninja Boy Goes to School
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Authors: N. D. Wilson
Text copyright © 2014 by N. D. Wilson
Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2014 by J. J. Harrison
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilson, Nathan D.
Ninja boy goes to school. — First edition.
pages cm.
Summary: “A little boy explains what it’s like to go to school—when you’re a ninja.” —Provided by publisher.
Trade paperback ISBN 978-0-375-86584-8 — Library binding ISBN 978-0-375-96584-5 — eBook ISBN 978-0-375-98179-1
[1. Ninja—Fiction. 2. Imagination—Fiction. 3. Schools—Fiction.] I. Harrison, J. J., illustrator. II. Title.
PZ7.W69744Ni 2014 [E]—dc23 2013033589
Book design by John Sazaklis
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For Oscar, Piper, Bo, and Selah
(with gratitude for their father)
—N. D. W.
For my dog, Ann, who ninja-sneaked
her way into my heart
—J. J. H.
About the Author and Illustrator
It is hard being a ninja.
You must rise before the sun
and become one with the night.
You must possess the silence of a
GHOST
(not the kind that wails and thumps)…
…the nimbleness of a
MOUNTAIN GOAT
( but without the wool and horns)…
…the strength of a
GORILLA
(but without the smell)…
…and the balance of a
FLAMINGO
(but without looking silly).
It is hard being a ninja.
When you are a ninja, you will understand.
Ninjas must be one
with their surroundings.
A ninja must be still and patient,
like a deep-rooted tree…
