the gold medallion book award winner by bodie and brock thoene the twilight of courage is a retelling of world war ii that intertwines the stories of two american journalists escape from the collapse of warsaw with those of an orphaned babys journey to jerusalem a mathematicians attempt to crack nazi code and more drawn into the exciting world of kabuki theatre young akari spends her time after school assisting the internationally famous actor shonosuke ichimura in the real world however this prince of kabuki is actually a high school cutie by the name of ryusei akari is totally clueless about kabukiand boysbut shes eager to learn about both her first encounter with ryusei doesnt go very well but with the help of a cat named mr ken the two teenagers quickly become prince and princesses of kabuki love was never so dramatic