The Kite Rider
by Geraldine McCaughrean
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- Asian
Year Published 2003
Word Count 62,607
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 910L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 60012, 10.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Kites--Fiction
- China
- Kublai Khan, 1216-1294--Fiction
- Kites
- Mongols--Fiction
- Y'uan dynasty, 1260-1368
- History
- Circus
- China--History--Yüan dynasty, 1260-1368--Fiction
- Circus--Fiction
- Families
- Families--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Asia
- China--History--Yüan dynasty, 1260-1368--Juvenile fiction
- Mongols
- Kublai Khan
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Geraldine McCaughrean
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 4

Audiobook Excerpt of "Sample 1" narrated by Full Cast
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Audiobook Excerpt of "Sample 2" narrated by Full Cast
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Audiobook Excerpt of "Sample 4" narrated by Full Cast
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Audiobook Excerpt of "Sample 3" narrated by Full Cast
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Awards & Distinctions 3

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2003

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2003

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2002
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