The King of Dragons |
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| Author:
| Fenner, Carol |
| ISBN: | 978-0-689-84824-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | Margaret K. McElderry Books
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| Imprint: | Margaret K. McElderry Books |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Eleven-year-old Ian and his Vietnam veteran father have been homeless for years, but now his father has found a perfect place for them--an abandoned city courthouse with heat, plenty of bathrooms, and lots of exits and entrances. Then, two things happen that threaten Ian's fragile security: his father disappears, leaving Ian to fend for himself with the survival skills he's learned through the years, and Ian discovers that a local museum is mounting an exhibition of kites...
More DescriptionEleven-year-old Ian and his Vietnam veteran father have been homeless for years, but now his father has found a perfect place for them--an abandoned city courthouse with heat, plenty of bathrooms, and lots of exits and entrances.
Then, two things happen that threaten Ian's fragile security: his father disappears, leaving Ian to fend for himself with the survival skills he's learned through the years, and Ian discovers that a local museum is mounting an exhibition of kites in the courthouse.Suddenly, Ian's safe hideaway is filled with people--and with extraordinary, beautiful kites that spark Ian's imagination and draw him out of his shadow existence. Will the kites be Ian's downfall...or his salvation?