The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

(Fiction, 2003)

A 2004 ALA notable book, The Kite Runner traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son, in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day. Also a 2003 winner of School Library Journal’s Adult Books for High School Students and the 2004 Alex Award for Best Fiction for Young Adults. 368 p.