I was surprised when browsing the American Library Association’s list of banned books to find that “The Kite Runner” has been threatened in libraries and schools across the country since 2008, when the novel appeared in the top 10 of the association’s list of frequently challenged books. The uncommon bond that the boys have shared since birth is broken with Amir’s choice to desert his friend in his hour of need, effectively abandoning him to the political, ethnic and religious unrest of the time.Īmir spends the next thirty or so years of his life seeking redemption for the wrongs committed against the only true friend he ever had. “The Kite Runner ” by Khaled Hosseini, set in Afghanistan during the dying years of the monarchy, tells the unforgettable, heartbreaking story about the unlikely friendship between Amir, a wealthy, young Afghan boy, and the son of his father’s servant, Hassan. The cover of "The Kite Runner." Image courtesy of
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