The King Of Dragons - Hardcover

Fenner, Carol

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689822170 ISBN 13: 9780689822179

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1998

Synopsis

Homeless eleven-year-old Ian and his father, a Vietnam veteran, finally find a large, unused city courthouse with electricity and bathrooms to live in, but when Ian's father fails to come "home" one night, Ian struggles to survive on his own.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Ruck
4 hours 56 minutes, 3 cassettes

Eleven-year-old Ian and his father, a Vietnam veteran, have been homeless for several years. Now his father has found the perfect place for them, the vast, old, now unused city courthouse. As a historic monument, it is kept heated and has lots of bathrooms and a variety of exits and entrances. Then Ian's father fails to return one night, and Ian discovers that a local museum is going to put a six-week exhibit of kites from around the world in one fo the largest courtrooms.

As the kites arrive and the exhibit is mounted, Ian is increasingly fascinated by what he sees when no one is there and what he overhears. The kites are beautiful—extraordinary, imaginative, and varied. Because he reads all the books on kites what are there, Ian becomes quite an expert. He bluffs his way into being accepted as a very bright and knowledgeable boy who can, when the exhibit opens, take groups of schoolchildren around.

About the Author:

READER BIO:
Alan Ruck's film appearances include Twister, Speed, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off as well as the Broadway production of Biloxi Blues. Ruck is also a series regular on the ABC television program Spin City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0689822170
• ISBN 13: 9780689822179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224