The Kite Runner is the first book written by Khaled Hosseini. It explores the story of two young boys at the invasion of the communist Soviet Union. The reader takes an emotional ride with these two boys who experience a cultural/ societal change in Afghanistan.
This book is great for the boys in your classroom through an easily relatable male point of view novel. There are so many options for English/ Social collaborative projects!
Have either of you seen the movie? I just wondered how it was in relation to the book.
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ReplyDeleteI am a student studying education for English with grades 7-12. I loved this book and completely agree that students should read this book. As you mentioned, you can take on many angles for teaching, either political, social, and\or even psychological. My only concern about teaching this book as a whole class or asking students to read it independently would be the rape scene. How would you 'handle' it?