The Kite Rider

Description:

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.

subjects: Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  History,  Circus,  Mongols,  Kites,  Family,  Families,  Family life,  Yuan Dynasty (China),  Historical Fiction,  Children's fiction,  Kublai khan, 1216-1294, fiction,  Kites, fiction,  Family, fiction,  Mongols, fiction,  Circus, fiction,  China, fiction,  New York Times reviewed

People: Kublai Khan (1216-1294)

Places: China

Times: Yüan dynasty, 1260-1368,  Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368