Night of the Ninjas

Night of the Ninjas
Author	Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher	Random House
Reissues	Scholastic Inc., 1996 Random House, 2017
Pages	80
Level	2.1
Lexile	280
Quartet	Rescuing Morgan
Research Guide	Ninjas and Samurai
Other Media	audiobook
Story Details
Time Period	c.1630-1640
Place	Japan
"Magic Tree House Series"
Previous	Pirates Past Noon
Number	5
Next	Afternoon on the Amazon

Night of the Ninjas is the fifth installment in the Magic Tree House series. It was written by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

Synopsis

Jack and Annie visit the tree house and are whisked off to Ancient Japan and the time of the ninjas. They meet some ninjas and must sneak around a samurai.

Contents

1. Back Into the Woods
2. The Open Book
3. E-hy!
4. Captured
5. Flames in the Mist
6. Shadow Warrior
7. To the East
8. Dragon Water
9. Mouse-walk
10. 'Night, Peanut

Notes on time and place settings

• It is mentioned in the book that they landed in Japan during its Period of Isolation, which lasted from 1633-1853.
• It is implied that they arrived within a generation prior to their later visit to Japan, Dragon of the Red Dawn, which was certainly in the 1680s.
• Ninjas were dying out in the 17th century. The only place where we have evidence of their existence is the countryside of Nagasaki in the late 1630s. In fact, the Samurai seen in the book may have been stationed there because of the Shimibara revolt in 1637.
• The river crossed by Jack and Annie could have been the Nakashima river, outside of Nagasaki.
• In terms of Internal Chronology, this adventure takes place a few days after the last adventure, Pirates Past Noon.

See Also

• List of Books