Shelf Life

Tiger is book one of the “Five Ancestors” series. The series tells the tale of five young Buddhist monks, each the master of a different animal style of Kung Fu (hence the titles of the individual volumes), who are cast out into the world after their temple is attacked and all of the adults are killed. The five warrior-monks, orphans all, must uncover the secrets of their past before they can avenge the deaths of their brethren and retrieve the sacred Dragon Scrolls stolen by the traitorous Ying. Book 1 centers on Fu, the youngest person ever to master the Tiger style. Fu is powerful and impulsive, like a tiger, and is a man of action. How can he run off and find the secrets of his past when Ying and his men are camped in the ruined temple with the Dragon Scrolls? He must fight and he must retrieve the scrolls. But is his a suicide mission? Ying is more powerful now then when he left the temple and he commands and entire army. Will Fu’s brothers help him or have they already done as the Master commanded and gone their separate ways?

Kung fu is the star here and Stone, a martial artist himself, does a good job describing the techniques and the fight scenes. A good pick for reluctant readers and martial arts fans in grades 5-10.

By Mr. Doyle

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