The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean Paperback Book

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Author: Geraldine McCaughrean

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: HarperTrophy

Published: Oct 2003

Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Historical - Asia

Retail Price: $15.99

Ages: 12 - UP

Pages: 307

Synopsis

Up and up the wind drew him.
Haoyou looked about him and saw the whole
world beneath him. And it was his.

The Great Miao, master of the Jade Circus, offers Haoyou the amazing chance to escape his family's poverty -- by becoming a kite rider. Strapped onto a beautiful scarlet-and-gold kite, Haoyou is sent into the sky, earning money, freedom, and unexpected fame. Miao even plans for Haoyou to perform before Kublai Khan himself.

From Carnegie Medalist Geraldine McCaughrean comes a dazzling story of adventure, betrayal, family, and sacrifice set in the dramatic world of thirteenth-century China.

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