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The Kite Rider

Geraldine McCaughrean · 2001

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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.

First sentence: OU HAOYOU KNEW that his father's spirit lived among the clouds.

Book details

Year
2001
Language
English
Publisher
Full Cast Audio
Editions
20
Pages
320
ISBN
9781932076363

Data source: Wikidata

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