The Kite RiderUp and up the wind drew him. Haoyou looked about him and saw the whole 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. Miao even plans for Haoyou to perform before Kublai Khan himself. From Carnegie Medalist Geraldine McCaughrean comes a dazzling story of adventure, betrayal, family, and sacrifice set in the dramatic world of thirteenth-century China. |
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C5s3 Gou Haoyou knew that his father's spirit lived among the clouds. For he had seen him go up there with a soul and come down again without one. It happened down at the harbor, the day the Chabi put to sea. When she set sail, ...
Fortunately Di Chou had outsailed his past — left it far enough behind him that none of his shipmates even knew he was married. He told each quartermaster, as he signed on, that he was First Mate Di Chou, a bachelor.
He knew better than to pester a man like Gou Bo for a quick decision. It takes a light footfall, and salt on your finger ends, to pluck a big, fat ragworm from its burrow. Soon the relations would traipse in again from town and ...
And all at once, Haoyou knew. There had been no trance. She had made it all up. "Di Chou won't be pleased," she said. "But he is such a — No one should have to marry against her wishes. And no one should have to marry a man like that.
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Wedding | 51 |
Tasting the Wind | 67 |
The Great Miao | 83 |
Qiqi | 93 |
AboutFace | 174 |
The Mighty Khan | 185 |
Fall from Grace | 212 |
Loyalty and Betrayal | 224 |
The Carpet | 241 |
Weapon of War | 251 |
Halflight | 266 |
Fingers | 282 |
Translation for Beginners | 105 |
The Paddy | 126 |
A Patch of Dark | 141 |
Duty | 157 |
Family | 292 |
The Thirteenth Century and Kublai Khan | 305 |