The Kite Runner [electronic resource]
Hosseini, Khaled2009
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The first of the defeated kites whirled out of control. They fell from the sky like shooting stars with brilliant, rippling tails, showering the neighbourhood.
Amir and Hassan grow up together in Kabul. Amir in the beautiful house his father built, filled with marble, gold, tapestries and mosaics; Hassan in the modest mud hut in the servants' quarters.
The two are inseparable, and when twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament, his loyal friend promises to help him. But neither boy can predict what will happen to Hassan that afternoon – as the kites soar over the city – and how it will change their lives forever.
Main title:
The Kite Runner [electronic resource] / Khaled Hosseini
Author:
Hosseini, Khaled, Author
Work:
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 4-5
Biography/History:
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved authors. His novels The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed have sold over 55 million copies all over the world. Hosseini is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California
Awards:
Alex Award (American Library Association)
ISBN:
9781408803721
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
355583