The Emperor of Nihon-ja (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Will Treaty: Will was orphaned as a baby and sent to Redmont Castle to live. He was slight of build and fairly short, all of these things bad since he wanted to be a warrior. But his skills seemed to lay somewhere else. He was swift of mind and body and was able to climb and hide with ease. All good traits for a Ranger. When he was apprenticed by the legendary Halt he had no idea what he had gotten himself into. Although his job often requires secrecy, Will is by nature a cheerful and talkative boy. He is extremely inquisitive, making him a good Ranger.
• Horace Altman: A knight from the Castle Araleun. He grew up with Will, Alyss, George, and Jenny.
• Gilan: A ranger. Former apprentice of Halt. He has mastered the skill of being unseen. An expert swordsman.
• Gundar Hardstriker: Skandian captain.
• George Carter: Former wardmate of Will, Alyss, and Horace. He is a scribe and accompanies Horace to Nihon-Ja.
• Emperor Shigeru: Emperor of Nihon-Ja. At peace with nature, loved by his people - well most of them.
• Selethen: A leader from the nation of Arrida who became friends with the group in a previous book and decided to go with them because of how much the rangers helped him.
• Halt O'Carrick: A very good ranger and Will's old teacher.
• Evanlyn: The crown princess, daughter of Duncan. Her real name is Cassandra.
• Alyss Mainwaring: A tall, elegant young girl. Very good friends with Will. She grew up with Horace, George, Jenny and Will.

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• “It's a term of great respect.”

  multiple (Shigeru, Horace, etc.)

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• “Halt? Are you awake?” “No.” The ill humor in the one-word reply was unmistakable. “Oh. Sorry.” “Shut up.”

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• “Well, as my old mam used to say, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.”

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• “Why not?” Then she thought further. “I wonder what Halt will say when we put it to him.” Alyss shrugged. “Well, it’s such a logical idea, he can hardly say no, can he?”   “No!” said Halt. “No, no, no—and, just in case you missed it the first time, no.”

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• “You know,” he said to Halt, without any trace of a smile, “it might have been simpler to have the two girls board her with their practice swords.” They exchanged a long look, then Halt shook his head. “I needed to leave some of them alive.”

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• “Anything you’d like me to do? Grow a beard? Learn to walk like a rooster?” “If you could stop asking facetious questions, that’d be a start,” Halt told him. “But it’s probably a little late in life for you to do that.”

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• “George!” he said, the relief evident in his voice. “Are you all right?” “No! I am not!” George replied with considerable spirit. “I have a whacking great arrow stuck through my arm and it hurts like the very dickens! How could anybody be all right in those circumstances?”

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• With most rulers, he knew, the words whenever it is convenient for you meant “right now, and five minutes ago if you can make it.”

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• “That looks like a crane, sure enough,” Will said, “and it’s flying.” Halt studied the board. “Could be a pelican,” he said critically. “But let’s give it the benefit of the doubt.”

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• Selethen noted that Evanlyn’s guard position was correct this time. Perhaps, he thought, she will learn from all this and not go rushing into the fight. And perhaps, he thought, the Great Blue Whale that the Skandians believe causes the rising and falling tide will leap from the ocean, sprout wings and fly in a circle around the ship.

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• “Ingenious,” Halt said at length. Gundar Hardstriker smiled modestly. “Well . . . most of us Skandians are.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Arrida
• Toscana
• Riverside Village

First Sentence edit see section history

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Multiculturalism: Book shows that people from different cultures can benefit from each other.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Halt's Peril, and followed by The Lost Stories.

Preceded by Halt's Peril, and followed by The Lost Stories.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. John Flanagan (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Nice book about loyalty.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy
• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
• Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction › Adventure & Thrillers
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Action & Adventure

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Ranger's apprentice wiki

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