Jeff Stone
1) Tiger
Author
Series
Five ancestors volume 1
Lexile Measure
800L
Summary
Five young warrior-monk brothers survive an insurrection and must use the ancient arts to avenge their Grandmaster.
2) Crane
Author
Series
Five ancestors volume 4
Lexile Measure
770L
Summary
In China in the mid-seventeenth century, twelve-year-old Hok, disguised as a boy for most of her life, must now assume her proper identity as a girl and try to save her brothers' lives by entering the notorious Jinan City Fight Club.
3) Eagle
Author
Series
Five ancestors volume 5
Lexile Measure
710L
Summary
After attacking and killing his former grandmaster, sixteen-year-old Ying realizes he has been betrayed in addition to being wanted for treason, and consequently is forced to turn to Hok, his old temple sister, for help.
4) Monkey
Author
Series
Five ancestors volume 2
Lexile Measure
700L
Summary
After soldiers of the new Emperor, led by Ying, engage in a fierce battle with the warrior-monks, Malao "the monkey" and his brothers rely on the ancient arts to help set things right.
5) Snake
Author
Series
Five ancestors volume 3
Lexile Measure
700L
Summary
With the temple and Grandmaster now gone, twelve-year-old Seh, a snake-style master, joins a bandit gang and meets a mysterious woman whose name means Cobra, while trying to stay ahead of the vengeful Ying.
6) Mouse
Author
Series
Five ancestors volume 6
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile Measure
790L
Summary
In seventeenth-century China, orphaned ShaoShu, who can squeeze into small spaces, puts his life in danger when he becomes a spy for a young band of warrior monks known as the Five Ancestors and bravely infiltrates evil Tonglong's camp.
7) Dragon
Author
Series
Five ancestors volume 7
Lexile Measure
830L
Summary
Thirteen-year-old Long, a dragon-style kung fu master and the oldest of the five survivors of the destroyed Cangzhen, must get to the Forbidden City before Tonglong declares himself emperor.
8) Phoenix
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile Measure
770L
Summary
"When their home is robbed, thirteen-year-old Phoenix Collins, an up and coming amateur dirt-bike racer, discovers a shocking mystery about his grandfather, and Phoenix must travel to China and then to Texas to find some answers"--
9) Lion
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile Measure
680L
Summary
Betrayed by his uncle, Dr. V., Ryan must rely on his friends to help him recover and rebuild his life but Dr. V's confederates think the four friends still know too much and follow them to California to silence them.