Kite (novel)

Kite is a 1997 young adult novel about red kites written by British author Melvin Burgess and illustrated by Ken Brown. It contains 15 chapters.

Plot summary

When Taylor Mase steals a red kite egg, he is not expecting it to hatch out — but it does. Taylor feels an urge to protect the fragile baby bird, which faces many hazards, including Taylor's own father, a gamekeeper.