The Kite Rider

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The Kite Rider

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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.

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Geraldine McCaughrean

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Family History Fiction Families Historical fiction Family life JUVENILE FICTION children's fiction Family, fiction New York Times reviewed China, fiction Mongols Circus Kites Circus, fiction Kublai khan, 1216-1294, fiction Yuan Dynasty (China) Mongols, fiction Kites, fiction

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