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The Kite Runner

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
'Devastating' Daily Telegraph
'Heartbreaking' The Times
'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende
'Haunting' Independent
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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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
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  • ISBN: 9781408803721
  • Release date: February 24, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9781408803721
  • File size: 1074 KB
  • Release date: February 24, 2009

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subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:840
Text Difficulty:4-5

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
'Devastating' Daily Telegraph
'Heartbreaking' The Times
'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende
'Haunting' Independent
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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