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.
year: 2002, 2003
call number/section: 1000
subjects: kublai khan, 1216-1294, fiction, kites, fiction, family life, mongols, circus, historical fiction, china, history, yuan dynasty, 1260-1368, juvenile fiction, fiction
Editions
McCaughrean, Geraldine
HarperCollins (2002)
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.
Schools: 16
McCaughrean, Geraldine
HarperTrophy (2003)
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.
Schools: 9