Two unemployed samurai are saved from drowning by the Ainus, a primitive people on a northern Japanese island, and are torn in their loyalties when the possibility of war arises between the Ainus and a band of Japanese settlers.

The Coming of the Bear: A Novel

Children's Books

Lensey Namioka

Literature & Fiction

HarperCollinsPublishers

An unemployed samurai reluctantly helps solve a mystery and prevent the overthrow of a young ruler on an island in medieval Japan.

Island of Ogres

Harper&Row

April and the Dragon Lady

April Chen is happily planning to go away to college, and she has a great new boyfriend, Steve. But April, the only girl in the family, must take care of Grandma, and Grandma--the Dragon Lady--hates Steve and has other plans for April. Caught between two cultures, the teenager finally realizes she must find a way to define herself on her own terms. “Sparked by Namioka’s own experiences as an Asian American, April’s first-person narrative rings true with uncertainty, joy, and hope.”--School Library Journal

Teen & Young Adult

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear

Little,Brown & Company

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break

FBAPowersetup

Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers

Demco Media

Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family

Yingmei Yang has changed her name to Mary now that she's learning how to be American. It's hard since her family sticks to their Chinese customs, which can be embarrassing in public. Still, Mary wants to be best friends with popular Holly Hanson. She sees her chance when she adopts one of Holly's kittens. The trouble is that Mary's family can't afford a cat and it could damage their prized musical instruments. To prove her friendship to Holly, Mary must find a way to keep the kitten a secret from her impossible family. It won't be easy!

San Val

The delightful companion to the popular Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear and Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family.Yinglan Yang couldn't care less that her brother and sister have adopted all sorts of American customs. She misses China and doesn't want to fit in here. Her siblings decide that Yinglan needs help making friends in America. That's when they join forces and play matchmaker between Yinglan and Paul Eng, a Chinese American baseball player. They're certain Yinglan will never find out. Or will she?

Bt Bound

Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. Her decision to resist this ancient custom in 1911 China leads to her being shunned by her intended's family as well as her own. But, with courage and bold conviction, she forges her own destiny.

Turtleback Books

Winner of the YALSA Best Book Award Not quite five years old in 1911 -- a time of revolution and transformation in China -- Third Sister Ailin rebels against the torturous tradition of foot binding. She feels no remorse when this causes the family of her intended husband to break the marriage agreement. But as she enters adolescence, Ailin realizes for the first time how powerless a girl of good family with no prospect of marriage is in Chinese society.  For ages 12 and up.

Thorndike Press

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Books by Lensey Namioka

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The Coming of the Bear: A Novel

Island of Ogres

April and the Dragon Lady

Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break

Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers

Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family

Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break