THE NINJA BROTHERS was originally written as a picture book for my grandsons, and as a way to wrap my mind about the idea for a chapter book in the future.  Since I taught middle school history, including a unit on medieval Japan, I have ideas and details about that period of history to help me craft the book… a good start on the research needed.  Just as my granddaughter Karina (ages 8-11) was the illustrator for THE CRYSTAL PALACE trilogy, her brother, my grandson Scott (age 8 ) will illustrate the coming Ninja book.