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The Kite Rider

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Soaring adventure in thirteenth-century Chinese skies.

Imagine yourself on a high-flying journey through the clouds of ancient China. "The Kite Rider" is perfect for you if you crave adventure steeped in history, where courage and the quest for freedom can take you literally to the skies. Join Haoyou as he defies gravity, meets the legendary Kublai Khan, and perhaps find a bit of that daring spirit within yourself.

  • Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book to Keep Forever (2001)
  • Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for 9–11 Years (Bronze) (2001)
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Kite Rider

Regular price ₱429.75 ₱292.05 32% off
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₱262.85 Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9780066238746
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date of Publication: 2002-06-18
Format: Hardcover
Related Topics: Adventure, Middle Grade, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.52
(rated by 1609 readers)

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Up and up the wind drew him. Haoyou looked about him and saw the whole world beneath him. And it was his. He could breathe! Today Haoyou was a kite, a windhover riding on spread wings. The great Miao, master of the Jade Circus, offers twelve-year-old Haoyou the amazing chance to change his life—to escape from his family's poverty and the pain of his father's recent death—by becoming a kite rider! Strapped onto a beautiful scarlet-and-gold kite, Haoyou is sent into the sky to soar perilously among the clouds and entertain the awestruck crowds below. Traveling the Empire as part of the Jade Circus, Haoyou earns freedom, money, and unexpected fame—as he skillfully performs for local villagers who believe he can bring back messages from lost loved ones whose spirits haunt the sky. Miao even plans for Haoyou to perform before the Mongol conqueror Kublai Khan himself! But what about the duties that bind Haoyou to the ground—his duties to his family, especially to his widowed mother? And is the Great Miao all that he seems, or could he be using Haoyou in a treacherous plot? From incredibly versatile Carnegie Medalist Geraldine McCaughrean, author of The Stones Are Hatching, comes this dazzling story of adventure, betrayal, family, and sacrifice set in the
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Soaring adventure in thirteenth-century Chinese skies.

Imagine yourself on a high-flying journey through the clouds of ancient China. "The Kite Rider" is perfect for you if you crave adventure steeped in history, where courage and the quest for freedom can take you literally to the skies. Join Haoyou as he defies gravity, meets the legendary Kublai Khan, and perhaps find a bit of that daring spirit within yourself.

  • Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book to Keep Forever (2001)
  • Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for 9–11 Years (Bronze) (2001)
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2004)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.