The King of Dragons

By Carol Fenner

Book Overview

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 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?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068983540X
• ISBN13: 9780689835407
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 0.6" x 5.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7