The Kite Runner: Rejacketed

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A&C Black, Sep 5, 2011 - Fiction - 336 pages
Winter, 1975: Afghanistan, a country on the verge of an internal coup. 12-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father, one of the richest merchants in Kabul. He's failed to do so through academia or brawn but the one area they connect is the annual kite fighting tournament.
 

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
11
Section 3
21
Section 4
31
Section 5
42
Section 6
52
Section 7
70
Section 8
88
Section 12
178
Section 13
188
Section 14
196
Section 15
200
Section 16
213
Section 17
226
Section 18
239
Section 19
256

Section 9
125
Section 10
145
Section 11
170
Section 20
271
Section 21
300
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

Afghan Afghanistan Agha sahib Ahmad Zahir Amir agha Amir jan arms asked Assef Baba Baba's blood blue blue kite breath called chest door dressed eyes face Farid Farzana father feet fingers gave Ghazi Stadium hair hand Hassan Hazara Hazarajat head hear heard Islamabad Jalalabad Kabul Kaka Karim Khala Jamila Khaled Hosseini Khanum kids kite runners knew laughed legs lips lived looked Mashallah Maywand morning mosque mother mouth mullah never night nodded orphanage Pakistan Pashtun Peshawar played prayer pulled Rahim Khan remember Salaam Sanaubar screaming shook shoulder side sitting smelled smile snow Sohrab someone Soraya sorry stood stopped story street Taheri Talib Taliban talk tell Thank thing thought told took trees truck turned voice Wahid waiting walked wall watch Wazir Akbar Khan window winter woman words

About the author (2011)

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His novels The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns were international bestsellers, published in thirty-four countries. In 2006 he was named a US goodwill envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California.

Fabio Celoni is an illustrator, scriptwriter and comics author. Since 1999 he has been a regular collaborator with Walt Disney Company Italy. In 2000 he became a staff illustrator and scriptwriter for the Dylan Dog comics series. He is also the author of several other successful Italian comics series, for which he has won several prizes.

Mirka Andolfo is a colourist and illustrator who has collaborated with many Italian comics publishers and children's book publishers. He is the regular colourer for Geronimo Stilton's illustrations.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Kite Runner: Rejacketed
Modern Plays
AuthorKhaled Hosseini
Editionreprint
PublisherA&C Black, 2011
ISBN140882485X, 9781408824856
Length336 pages
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