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Chasing the secret

2009
When, after intercepting a secret message from their mother, their evil Uncle Hidehira uncovers their samurai disguise, Kimi and Hana again must flee for their lives and, with the help of a fellow student, undertake a perilous journey to find their mother and brother before they are captured by Hidehira's samurai.

The ghost in the Tokaido Inn

2001
Fourteen-year-old Seikei, a tea merchant's son, dreams of being a samurai, and he gets a chance to prove his worth when, as the only witness to the theft of a priceless ruby intended for the shogun, he is asked to assist the samurai magistrate in solving the crime.

Heroes

a novel
2000
After joining the army at fifteen and having his face blown away by a grenade in a battle in France, Francis returns home to Frenchtown hoping to find--and kill--the former childhood hero he feels betrayed him.

The fat man

1999
In 1933, Herbert Muskie returns to his rundown hometown of Loomis, New Zealand, and uses a combination of cunning and psychological threats to take control of the lives of twelve-year-old Colin Potter and his family as part of a plan to get even for the mistreatment he suffered as a schoolboy.

Horrible Harry and the triple revenge

2008
Sid ruins Song Lee's origami insect, and third-grader Horrible Harry declares revenge. Includes cake and cookie recipes.

Getting even

Book 5
2008
Best friends Camille, Alexis, Jasmine, and Angel find their friendship tested when two of the girls realize they have been dating the same guy, but as they plan their revenge, they learn forgiveness is always the better road to take.

The door into summer

1986
Electronics engineer Dan Davis, on the verge of great success with his invention of a household robot, is tricked by his greedy partner into suspended animation where he remains for thirty years until he wakes up in the year 2000 bent on revenge.

The Count of Monte Cristo

2002
An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's story in which Edmond Dantes, sent to prison on a false accusation in 1815, escapes many years later and finds a treasure which he uses to exact his revenge.

A tale of two cities

2002
An adapatation of Charles Dickens's story in which a young Englishman determines to do his utmost to save the husband of the woman he loves from the guillotine in the early days of the French Revolution.

A wounded name

a tragedy
2013
A reimagining of the world and story of Hamlet--from Ophelia's perspective and set in an American boarding school.

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