Kite (novel)
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First edition, illustrated by Ken Brown
Kite is a young adult novel about red kites by Melvin Burgess. It contains 15 chapters and was first published in 1997.[1]
When Taylor Mase steals a red kite egg, he is not expecting it to hatch out — but it does. Taylor feels an urge to protect the fragile baby bird, which faces many hazards, including Taylor's own father, a gamekeeper.
Publishing Information[]
- 1997 - First published by Andersen Press Limited
- 1999 - First paperback edition by Puffin Books
- 2000 - First USA edition by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- 2005 - Education edition first published by Pearson Education
- 2005 - Second impression of education edition published by Pearson Education (ISDN 1 405 816465)
References[]
Categories:
- 1997 British novels
- 1997 children's books
- British young adult novels
- Books about birds
- Novels by Melvin Burgess
- Andersen Press books
- 1990s novel stubs