Ninja Nate
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A boy adopting a ninja alter ego to cope with a new disability finds the courage to share all of himself in this action-packed and heartfelt picture book from the author of My Rainy Day Rocket Ship.
Nathaniel, or, as his friends call him, Ninja Nate, has been dressing like a ninja all summer long—even sleeping in his suit. And he doesn’t plan on stopping for his first day of fifth grade, especially when he has been hiding his robotic leg under his ninja costume. His friends may know about his accident, but they’ve never seen the new him. What if they treat him differently?
With the help of his brother, Sensei Charlie, and ninja mom, Mama Mary, maybe Ninja Nate can be part boy, part robot, all Nathaniel!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this conversational telling from Sheppard and Paul, Nathaniel Brown is a "ninja master. Or so he thinks." All summer, he carries a silver sword and dresses like a ninja (he "eats, plays, and sleeps in his ninja suit"), and his friends begin calling him "Ninja Nate." Before the first day of school, Nate dreams of "a land of a gazillion nefarious ninjas" and fights to keep them from Potato Chip Dip Mountain. Awakening from the dream reveals the 10-year-old's reality: following an accident, "a new robotic leg was where his human leg used to be," and his shiny-sticker-covered sword "would always be a walking cane." As he contemplates starting school, concerned about what other kids will think about the "new" him, his family, including his "sensei" big brother, offers support that helps him to "rock" as both Ninja Nate and as Nathaniel. Bright-hued comics-style art gives the story an action-packed vibe and lends imaginative appeal to an affirming story of one child navigating change with the support of loved ones. Ages 4–8.
