The kite fighters /

Park, Linda Sue.

The kite fighters / by Linda Sue Park ; decorations by Eung Won Park. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2000. - 136 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

"Sandpiper."

Wilson's Children, June 2001 School Library Journal starred, June 2000 Book Links (A.L.A.), March 2006 Booklist, April 2000 Horn Book, May 2000 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2000 Teacher Librarian, February 2010 Kirkus Review, April 2000 Library Talk, September 2000

In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting competition.

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Kites--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
Birth order--Fiction.
Sibling rivalry--Fiction.
Contests--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


Korea--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PZ7.P22115 / Ki 2000

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