Ebook {Epub PDF} The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean

THE KITE RIDER Geraldine McCaughrean, Author. HarperCollins $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. ARTICLES. Children's Bookshelf Talks With Geraldine McCaughrean.  · Gift of Henry G. Schwarz. Select type of book search you would like to make.  · The Kite Rider. Up and up the wind drew him. 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.4/5(4).

The Kite Rider is a children's novel by Geraldine McCaughrean.. Plot. The story, set in 13th-century China, concerns a boy named Gou www.doorway.ru father Gou Pei, a seaman, is forced to fly on a wind-testing kite by first mate Di Chou. Gou Pei is killed, and Great-uncle Bo, the head of the Gou family, arranges for Pei's beautiful widow, Qing'an, to marry Di Chou. The Kite Rider (Hardcover) Published June 18th by HarperTeen. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Geraldine McCaughrean. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English. Geraldine McCaughrean—two-time Carnegie Medalist for Where the World Ends and Pack of Lies—delivers a dazzling story of adventure, betrayal, family, and sacrifice set in the dramatic, dangerous world of thirteenth-century China."A genuine page-turner," raved ALA Booklist. in a starred review!. The Great Miao, master of the Jade Circus, offers twelve-year-old Haoyou the amazing chance.

Unlike most stories where the hero faces one evil person or group, The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean pits the hero, Haoyou, against two unassociated malevolent individuals. This exciting story takes place in 13th century China, where Di Chou, a sailor, kills Haoyou's father in the hopes of marrying his wife, Qing'an, and sets fire to Haoyou's house. The kite rider: a novel. 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. In her children’s novel The Kite Rider (), Geraldine McCaughrean parallels a journey of discovery in ancient China with the emotional and spiritual journey undertaken by the protagonist while working with the framework of real history. Haoyou, a boy living in thirteenth-century China, recalls the first time his father, Gou Pei, took him on board a boat with him.