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The Kite Rider


No. of pages 304

Published: 2019

Great for age 7-10 years

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Haoyou knows that his father's spirit lives among the clouds above Ancient China. He also knows that to save his mother from being forced into a new marriage he must now follow in his father's footsteps and take to the skies, riding a kite through the clouds and the spirits of the dead. Then the Jade Circus offers him a chance to escape his enemies and travel throughout the empire, and maybe even perform before Kublai Khan himself. But is going with the circus really the best option? Could the circus master be leading him into even greater danger? This outstanding story by multi-award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean, is being published in this beautiful edition for a new generation of readers.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 304 pages in this book. This book was published in 2019 by Oxford University Press .

Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Smarties Book Award
This book was recognised by the Smarties Book Award.

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
This book was recognised by the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award.

Blue Peter Book Award
This book was recognised by the Blue Peter Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

Blue Peter Book Award - Special Book To Keep Forever
This book was recognised in the Special Book to Keep Forever category by the Blue Peter Book Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

It snatches you up from the first chapter . . . beautiful and compulsive. * Sunday Times *

 

Gripping stuff. * Ian Hislop, Sunday Telegraph *

 

A marvellous soaring story that gives you a glimpse into another world. * Guardian *

 

A masterpiece of storytelling. * The Times *

 

Packed with action and intrigue, this is an exhilarating new novel from an author who never disappoints. * Times Educational Supplement *