{"product_id":"the-kite-rider-9780064410915","title":"The Kite Rider","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeraldine McCaughrean--two-time Carnegie Medalist for \u003cem\u003eWhere the World Ends\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePack of Lies\u003c\/em\u003e--delivers a dazzling story of adventure, betrayal, family, and sacrifice set in the dramatic, dangerous world of thirteenth-century China. \"A genuine page-turner,\" raved ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e in a starred review \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great Miao, master of the Jade Circus, offers twelve-year-old Haoyou the amazing chance to change his life--to escape from his family's poverty and the pain of his father's recent death--by becoming a kite rider \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrapped onto a beautiful scarlet-and-gold kite, Haoyou is sent into the sky to soar perilously among the clouds and entertain awestruck crowds below. Traveling the Empire with the circus, Haoyou earns freedom, money, and unexpected fame as he skillfully performs for local villagers who believe he can bring back messages from lost loved ones whose spirits haunt the sky. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Great Miao even plans for the boy to perform before the Mongol conqueror Kublai Khan himself  But what if the Miao isn't all that he seems? And can Haoyou really leave behind all the duties that bind him to the ground--his family and especially his widowed mother--for good? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCaughrean, Geraldine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eGeraldine McCaughrean is the Printz Award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe White Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan in Scarlet\u003c\/em\u003e, the first official sequel to the treasured masterpiece \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/em\u003e, and the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThe Death-Defying Pepper Roux\u003c\/em\u003e. Geraldine lives in Berkshire, England, with her husband and actress daughter. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555946238226,"sku":"9780064410915","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_178b1328-e30a-4420-bc08-e55d448b7043.jpg?v=1731745722","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-kite-rider-9780064410915","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}