The kite rider : a novel Guided Reading Level: Source:Harper
Trophy, Volume 1st Harper Trophy, New York, p.307 (2003) Call
Number:Cubb Curr PR6063 .C355 K58 2003 Keywords:1216-1294--
Fiction, 1260-1368--Juvenile fiction, China--History--Yuan
dynasty, China--History--Yüan dynasty, 1260-1368--Fiction,
Circus--Fiction, Family--Fiction, Kites--Fiction, Kublai Khan,
Mongols--Fiction Summary: 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. Lexile measure 900;
Ages 9-15; Grade level 6.2; Adventure, Historical fiction