The Kite Fighters
On Sale: 06/07/2010
The Kite Fighters
On Sale: 06/07/2010
Format:
California Young Reader Medal
Bank Street Children’s Best Books of the Year
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award (Vermont)
About the Book
It's like the kite is part of him—the part that wants to fly.
In a riveting novel set in fifteenth-century Korea, two brothers discover a shared passion for kites. Kee-sup can craft a kite unequaled in strength and beauty, but his younger brother, Young-sup, can fly a kite as if he controlled the wind itself.
Their combined skills attract the notice of Korea's young king, who chooses Young-sup to fly the royal kite in the New Year kite-flying competition--an honor that is also an awesome responsibility. Although tradition decrees, and the boys' father insists, that the older brother represent the family, both brothers know that this time the family's honor is best left in Young-sup's hands.
This touching and suspenseful story, filled with the authentic detail and flavor of traditional Korean kite fighting, brings a remarkable setting vividly to life.
This moving historical novel is from Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park, whose beloved middle grade books include A Single Shard and A Long Walk to Water.
Critical Praise
"With ease and grace, Park brings these long-ago children to life." — School Library Journal (starred review)
-Product Details
- ISBN: 9780547328638
- ISBN 10: 054732863X
- Imprint: Clarion Books
- On Sale: 06/07/2010
- Pages: 144
- List Price:12.50 CAD
- Ages: 8 to 12
- BISAC1 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American
- BISAC2 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings
- BISAC3 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Asia
- BISAC4 : JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Asian American
- BISAC5 : JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings
- BISAC6 : JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Asia
- BISAC7 : JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues
