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McCaughrean, Geraldine

The Kite Rider

272 pp. | HarperCollins | June, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-06-623874-9 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-06-623875-7 $$15.89
(2) YA The thirteenth-century Chinese practice of using kites to test the wind is spliced into the later Japanese invention of man-carrying reconnaissance kites. Escaping his vicious great-uncle, Haoyou, twelve, joins a circus, performing death-defying kite flights and ever-more-novel feats. In addition to a grand array of colorful characters, skillful plotting, hair-raising suspense, and vivid details all help bring this adventure to life.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2002

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