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The Kite Runner
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Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper. ‘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...
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Dyslexia-Friendly Edition using sans serif font printed with blue ink on cream paper.
‘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.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781526679673
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 October 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 50.0mm
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 820g
Pages: 648
About the Author
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved authors. His novels The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed have sold over 55 million copies all over the world. Hosseini is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California
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