The Kite Rider

Geraldine McCaughrean

Harper Collins, 2003年9月23日 - 320 頁

Up 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.

讀者評論

LibraryThing Review

用戶評語  - Shimmin - LibraryThing

It's about the adventures of a young Chinese boy at the beginning of the Mongol rule; he learns painfully and slowly that simple obedience to elders and the teachings of others isn't an answer to all ...

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用戶評語  - fatlamb - LibraryThing

Such a frustrating book to read, in an amazing why. I was drawn into this wonderful yet heart wrenching of a story. I found myself loathing multiple characters and questioning the motive/reasoning ...

內容

• Testing the Winds: 1
• Troubled Spirits: 13
• A Proposal: 23
• The Kite Maker: 33
• Wedding: 51
• Tasting the Wind: 67
• The Great Miao: 83
• Qiqi: 93
• Translation for Beginners: 105
• The Paddy: 126
• A Patch of Dark: 141
• Duty: 157
• 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
• Family: 292
• The Thirteenth Century and Kublai Khan: 305

關於作者

Geraldine McCaughrean is the Printz Award-winning author of The White Darkness. She has been honored with England's most prestigious children's book award, the Carnegie Medal, and is the only three-time winner ever of the Whitbread Children's Book Award. She also wrote Peter Pan in Scarlet, the first official sequel to the treasured masterpiece Peter Pan, and the critically acclaimed The Death-Defying Pepper Roux. Geraldine lives in Berkshire, England, with her husband and actress daughter.

書目資訊

• 書名: The Kite Rider
• 作者: Geraldine McCaughrean
• 版本: 圖解, 重印
• 出版者: Harper Collins, 2003
• ISBN: 0064410919, 9780064410915
• 頁數: 320 頁