The Kite Runner

The Basics

• Two Boys: Hassan and Amir; Their dads: Ali and Baba
• Kabul, Afganistan (pre- and post-Taliban) and San Francisco, CA

Should I Read It?

• Relationships between friends
• People seeking forgiveness
• Stories that go back and forth in time
• Want to learn more about Afghanistan or the Taliban's affect on people
• A book that makes you cry and smile at the same time

"I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975" (1).