num_pages: 212
description: The amazing story of Haoyou, strapped to a kite and sent to fly among the clouds and the spirits of the dead. This is a book unlike anything else you have ever read, full of sights, sounds and smells of Ancient China, with an epic, adventurous, incredibly moving story.
language: English
title: The Kite Rider
titlecomplete: The Kite Rider
genres: Historical, China, Middle Grade, Family, Young Adult, Childrens, Asia, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adventure
ratings_count: 1573
places: China
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Blue Peter Book Award
category: Best Book to Keep Forever, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
category: 9–11 Years (Bronze), awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch
publisher: Oxford University Press