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The Kite Rider

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Ride the winds to freedom

The Kite Rider is a thrilling adventure that takes readers on a journey through thirteenth-century China. With vivid descriptions and remarkable characters, McCaughrean paints a compelling tale of a boy's journey to escape poverty and find his place in the world. Readers who enjoy stories of adventure and self-discovery will love this book, as will anyone fascinated by historical China and the art of kite-flying.

  • 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 ₱242.55 ₱193.05 20% off
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ISBN: 9780064410915
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: ₱788.85
Publisher: Harperteen
Date of Publication: 2003-10-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Adventure
Goodreads rating: 3.52
(rated by 1582 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. 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. In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.
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Ride the winds to freedom

The Kite Rider is a thrilling adventure that takes readers on a journey through thirteenth-century China. With vivid descriptions and remarkable characters, McCaughrean paints a compelling tale of a boy's journey to escape poverty and find his place in the world. Readers who enjoy stories of adventure and self-discovery will love this book, as will anyone fascinated by historical China and the art of kite-flying.

  • 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.