- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 3rd Edition edition (Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192718606
- ISBN-13: 978-0192718600
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,724,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Up and up the wind drew him. Haoyou could hear the fibres of the rope creaking. Perhaps his kite would burst apart. Perhaps there would be no air to breathe at the top of the sky. They called him Gou Tian, Sky Hook, the boy who flies. No one had ever seen anything like it. Crowds flocked to the Jade Circus to see the Bird Boy, the Sun Swallow, Ride-the-Evening-Cloud. But it's not just being strapped to a kite and sent up into the sky that is dangerous for Haoyou. Beyond the horizon, an army is travelling east towards the circus, the army of Khublai Khan. If the show isn't good enough, the Khan will cut his head off.
About the Author
Geraldine McCaughrean, who lives in Berkshire, started her working life as a secretary with a television company. She attended Christ Church College of Education from 1973-77, has worked as an editor of the Banbury Focus, and as a literary assistant. After 10 years in a London publishing house she became a full time writer in 1988, since when she has won numerous awards for her books including the Whitbread Children's Novel Award, the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, and the Beefeater Children's Book of the year.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed reading this book. I would have given it 5 stars but i got a bit confused sometimes because there were some words I didn't understasnd because I am only 10.You should read it!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have never read a book by this author before but certainly will try more! Haoyou has to follow a dangerous profession to save his mother from a dreadful second marriage. Will he survive storms, flooded rivers, the Kubla Khan and his great uncle Bo as he flies on his kite in the sky? You won't want to stop reading this at all!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I haven't read a book by Geraldine McCaughren before but I thought I'd give 'The Kite Rider ' a chance. When I picked it up I just couldn't refuse it. It's a story based on a boy called Haoyou who witnesses his father's spirit being taken up by the gods. He then has to take up a hard profession to keep his mum and baby sister alive. The job is in the circus risking his own life to summon the gods with his cousin, a medium, to help him on the way to success!
If you have any queries about my review or would like to ask any questions about the book, contact me. I think its a great book and recommend it to any one.
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Very original and interesting.
I loved this book! I'd never read anything like it. I feel like I've looked right into ancient China and seen the superstition, the family life and the tradition. Read more
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