Rollercoasters The Kite Rider

The amazing story of Haoyou, strapped to a kite and sent to fly among the clouds and the spirits of the dead. This highly acclaimed novel is full of the sights, sounds and smells of Ancient China, with an epic, adventurous, incredibly moving story.Themes: family, responsibility, coming of age, friendship, cultural differencesTeaching Focus:BLStrong
Characterization lends itself to drama activitiesBLRich language and vocabulary, ideal for sentence level workBLBias and opinion feature in alternating narrativesBLCross-curricular links to History and Religious
StudiesRecommended for students in Years 7 and 8