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In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.

Francisco de Alcaraz, the imaginary secretary to the Spanish conquistador, Herna?n Corte?s, writes in his diary about Corte?s' expedition into South America where they encounter the Aztecs; and includes comprehension questions and an audio CD.