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About the Book

Climb the ladder to the Magic Tree House. There’s a world of adventure inside!

Jack and Annie’s adventures have started again!

They’re stuck in ancient Japan, where the shadowy ninjas and the fierce Samurai warriors don’t look very friendly! Will Jack and Annie find the tree house again? Or will they be caught in a terrifying battle?

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First Published in Great Britain by Red Fox, 2011
This ebook edition published 2011
Copyright © Mary Pope Osborne, 2011
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ISBN: 978–1–446–49525–4
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About the Author

Mary Pope Osborne is the author of over forty books for young people, including novels, picture books, biographies, mysteries, and retellings of fairy tales and myths. Mary was the president of the Author’s Guild, the leading organization for professional writers in the United States for two years, and has won many different awards for her books.

She lives in New York City with her husband, Will, and their Norfolk terrier, Bailey – who sleeps on the top of Mary’s desk every day while she writes.

Contents

Cover

About the Book

Title Page

Dedication

Prologue

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

About the Author

Also by Mary Pope Osborne

Copyright

For Penn Sultan
Also by Mary Pope Osborne
1. Valley of the Dinosaurs
2. Castle of Mystery
3. Secret of the Pyramid
4. Pirates’ Treasure!
5. Night of the Ninjas
5. Adventure on the Amazon
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Prologue

One summer day in Frog Valley, a mysterious tree house appeared in the woods.

Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, climbed into the tree house. They found that it was filled with books.

Jack and Annie soon discovered that the tree house was magic. It could take them to the places in the books. All they had to do was point to a picture and wish to be there.

Jack and Annie visited the time of dinosaurs, medieval England, ancient Egypt and a pirate ship.

Along the way, they discovered that the tree house belonged to Morgan le Fay. Morgan was a magical librarian from the time of King Arthur. She travelled through time and space, gathering books.

Jack and Annie are about to start a whole new adventure in … Night of the Ninjas.

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Back into the Woods

“Let’s look again, Jack,” said Annie.

Jack and Annie were walking home from the library. The path went right past the Frog Valley woods.

Jack sighed. “We looked this morning,” he said. “We looked the day before. And the day before that.”

“Then you don’t have to come,” said Annie. “I’ll go and look by myself.”

She ran off into the woods.

“Annie, wait!” Jack called. “It’s almost dark! We have to get home!”

But Annie had disappeared amongst the trees.