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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He laughed and put a loving arm round Haoyou's shoulders. "Impertinent dog," said a voice close behind them, and the Chabis first mate took hold of Pei by his jacket and pushed him over the edge of an open hatchway.
Pirates. Shipwreck." The merchants standing shoulder to shoulder with the guide eased themselves away from him as he spoke the words of calamity — as if the 1.
His face, still upturned, saw his father plunge toward him face-first, eyeballs straining their lids, arms spread wide, head and shoulders buckled outward from the hurdle. Those eyes focused on Haoyou, recognized him; and the boy saw ...
Idly the merchants pulled strands out of their hair or brushed their shoulders. It conveyed nothing to them. ... Could he see the white furrows plowed by ships, and the shoulder blades of whales h um mocking the ocean?
The tall, spoon-faced, hollow-eyed girl came forward and bowed in greeting, so that her shoulder-length hair swung forward and clashed in front of her mouth, hiding the ugly bruise on her cheek. She was friendly, polite, ...
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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 |