The Kite Runner

This is also a first novel - written by Khaled Hosseini in 2003. The Kite Runner was published in 70 countries, invoking wide appreciation and debate about life in Afghanistan after the Russian invasion. This Afghan writer's second novel, Thousand Splendid Suns, was also a best seller. In 2006 he was named a goodwill envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. A doctor by profession, Hosseini lives in Northern California.
The novel tells the story of Amir and Hassan, young boys from Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. Amir's father is a rich man on the area, and Hassan is the son of his servant. Amir loves kite flying, but Hussan is a great kite runner, the important part of flying kite. He could predict the exact location where a kite is going to fall. No one can beat him. Their happy together suddenly changes and they part their ways following the Russian invasion in 1975. Amir ends up in America with his father Baba, but will he ever meet Hussan again? Get a copy.