Magic Tree House, by Mary Pope Osborne
Young Samurai, by Chris Bradford
- Young Samurai Book One (of at least three): Harry Potter Bushido, 29 May 2009
- Young Samurai II: A Bad Start, 24 August 2010
- Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword: Ancient Culture, Modern Politics, 30 August 2010
- Young Samurai: Way of the Dragon and the Battle of Osaka, 29 May 2011
Samurai Detective, by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
- Judge Ooka’s Sidekick: A Samurai Never Fears Death and The Sword that Cut the Burning Grass by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler, 3 July 2010
- Judge Ooka’s Sidekick, part two: The Ghost In the Tokaido Inn and In Darkness, Death, 13 July 2010
Others
- The Teahouse Fire: Painstaking, 11 February 2009
- The Other Apprentice, 3 April 2006.
- What Do Samurai Have To Do With It?. (John Manjiro), 9 August 2012.
- Modern Japan in Anglophone Historical Fiction, ASPAC 2013, Monterey Institute of International Studies
- “Yi Soon Shin: Warrior and Defender and Yi Soon Shin: Fallen Avenger: Bad” 25 May 2017.
What do you think of Rumer Godden’s books: Little Plum (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670433233 ) and Miss Happiness and Miss Flower (http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Happiness-Flower-Rumer-Godden/dp/0333026039/ref=la_B000APBPP4_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1370487948&sr=1-5 )?
Not really historical fiction, though not about today, either. (Published in 1963 and 1961, respectively.)
Too bad about the Magic Tree House books, though. Kids love them, so really a missed opportunity.