When Tai Shan and his father, Baba, fly kites from their roof and look
down at the crowded city streets below, they feel free, like the kites.
Baba loves telling Tai Shan stories while the kites--one red, and one
blue--rise, dip, and soar together. Then, a bad time comes. People
wearing red armbands shut down the schools, smash store signs, and
search houses. Baba is sent away, and Tai Shan goes to live with Granny
Wang. Though father and son are far apart, they have a secret way of
staying close. Every day they greet each other by flying their kites-one
red, and one blue-until Baba can be free again, like the kites.
Inspired by the dark time of the Cultural Revolution in China, this is a
soaring tale of hope that will resonate with anyone who has ever had to
love from a distance.