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Jeff Stone is the author of The Five Ancestors series. He has worked as a photographer, an editor, a maintenance man, a ballroom dance instructor, a concert promoter, and a marketing director for companies that design schools, libraries. He practices the martial arts daily. Like the heroes of The Five Ancestors series, Mr. Stone was adopted when he was an infant. He began searching for his birthmother when he was 18; he found her 15 years later.

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Teacher's Guide to the Five Ancestors (PDF)
Filled with action and adventure and seeped in Chinese culture, this series is perfect for engaging young readers.
For grades 6 and up.

Five Ancestors

Five Ancestors #1: Tiger
Twelve-year-old Fu and his temple brothers Malao, Seh, Hok, and Long don't know who their parents were. Raised from infancy by their grandmaster, they think of their temple as their home and their fellow warrior monks—their "temple brothers"—as their family. Then one terrible night, the temple is destroyed...

Five Ancestors

Five Ancestors #2: Monkey
At 11-years-old, Malao is the youngest of the Five Ancestors. Master of the monkey fighting style, he's curious and quick, fast and fun-loving. But now, with the destruction of the temple and the deaths of his older brothers and Grandmaster, Malao the fun-loving monkey is forced to face things he'd rather...

Five Ancestors

Five Ancestors #3: Snake
Twelve-year-old Seh is a snake-style master and a keeper of secrets. Close-lipped and ever-watchful, he has used his highly attuned senses to collect information about his brothers, his temple, and even Grandmaster. Now, with the temple and Grandmaster gone, Seh sheds his orange robe like an old skin, joins a bandit...



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