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The kite runner

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Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him.

But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives.

After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

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Product Details
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
140882485X / 9781408824856
Paperback / softback
813.6
05/09/2011
United Kingdom
English
General
vii, 324 p.
20 cm
General (US: Trade) Learn More
Quiz No: 211230, Points 16.00, Book Level 5.20,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: 2003.