The Kite Rider - Softcover

McCaughrean, Geraldine

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Synopsis

The amazing story of Haoyou, strapped to a kite and sent to fly among the clouds and the spirits of the dead. This highly acclaimed novel is full of the sights, sounds and smells of Ancient China, with an epic, adventurous, incredibly moving story. Themes: family, responsibility, coming of age, friendship, cultural differences Teaching Focus: BLStrong Characterization lends itself to drama activities BLRich language and vocabulary, ideal for sentence level work BLBias and opinion feature in alternating narratives BLCross-curricular links to History and Religious Studies Recommended for students in Years 7 and 8

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About the Author

Geraldine has written over 130 books and plays for both adults and children and has won the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, Smarties Bronze UK Readers' Association Award, and wrote the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2000. Not the End of the World, won the 2004 Whitbread Children's Book Award, and The White Darkness was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Geraldine is currently taking the world by storm with Peter Pan in Scarlet, the official sequal to the classic Peter Pan.

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