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Reader reviewed by M. Diamond

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini starts out in Afghanistan following the childhood of a young boy named Amir. He had always grown up in the same household as their servants son, Hassan, who he spent a lot of time with. Hassan was forever loyal to him and loved him like a brother, but Amir was never able to hold an equal amount of loyalty towards Hassan. Amirs failures in his relationships with not only Hassan, but his father as well, led him to the day he watched Hassan walk out of his house. Those selfish decisions changed him forever. He had to go through life with the weight of guilt and regret on his shoulders. His life changed even more when he moved to America. He tried to be a new person and move on from the horrible things he had done. That is, until he got a phone call that brought him back to Afghanistan. There, he found out the truth he hadnt known about Hassan and his father. It wasnt an easy stay in the war-filled country and he had trouble forgiving himself as he tried to be good again.


I enjoyed this book a lot. Its very different from the books I have read, and I probably wouldnt have picked it out myself. But I surprisingly found the heart-tugging story about loyalty and friendship extremely interesting and hard to put down. Hosseini did a great job with the description of the story and keeping the reader wanting to know what would happen next. I highly recommend this book to anyone over the age of 13 and hopefully you will enjoy reading it as much as I did.