Eleven-year-old Ian and his Vietnam veteran father have been homeless for years, but now his father has found a perfect place for theman abandoned city courthouse with heat, plenty of bathrooms, and lots of exits and entrances. Then, two things happen that threaten Ians fragile security: his father disappears, leaving Ian to fend for himself with the survival skills hes learned through the years, and Ian discovers that a local museum is mounting an exhibition of kites in the courthouse.Suddenly, Ians safe hideaway is filled with peopleand with extraordinary, beautiful kites that spark Ians imagination and draw him out of his shadow existence. Will the kites be Ians downfallor his salvation?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Aladdin Fiction .

This book is aimed at children at US 4th grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2002 by Simon & Schuster .

Carol Fenner was an award-winning author of children's books, winning the Christopher Award and the Coretta Scott King Award, as well as twice being a runner up for the Newbery Award. Kathleen M Peyton is a top-selling author of more than thirty novels and is a winner of both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award. She lives in Essex with her husband. Christine Pullein-Thompson was born in 1925 and wrote over 100 books, a great many of which were about horses and ponies.