{"product_id":"the-kite-rider-9780066238753","title":"The Kite Rider","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith The Kite Rider  Carnegie Medalist Geraldine McCaughrean 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 Booklist in a starred review! The Great Miao  master of the Jade Circus  offers twelve-year-old Haoyou the amazing chance to change his lifeto escape from his familys poverty and the pain of his fathers recent deathby becoming a kite rider! Strapped 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. The Great Miao even plans for the boy to perform before the Mongol conqueror Kublai Khan himself! But what if the Miao isnt all that he seems? And can Haoyou really leave behind all the duties that bind him to the groundhis family and especially his widowed motherfor good?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648327311413,"sku":"ByrdShop_0066238757","price":34.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780066238753.jpg?v=1781715744","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-kite-rider-9780066238753","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}