"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
In the end of this school year, my English teacher picked a new book for our home reading class, The Kite Runner by the Afghan-American writer Khaled Hosseini . And guess what? I have a new book to add to my favourites. Taking place in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, The Kite Runner centers around the friendship between two boys, Amir, the son of the richest man in Kabul and a Pashtun (an Afghan ethnicity that forms the upper class), and Hassan, his Hazara servant (and consequently seen as less than a dog). One cowardly and jealous, the other - faithful till the end. Hoping to win the affection of his emotionally distant father, Amir is determined to win at the kite flying competition this year, and his loyal friend, the best kite runner ever seen, is happy to help. However, none of them would have foreseen the tragedy that would occur that afternoon, robbing them of childhood joy and changing their lives forever. Through the vibrant threads of Afghan culture, Hosseini weav
