SO MANY TEARS. SO MANY. 
 Once they started coming they just wouldn't stop. This is the story of war struck Afghanistan and the struggles of two boys to find joy living in it. Amir is the son of a wealthy merchant who wants nothing more than his own fathers attention. Hassan is Amir's servant and lives in a hut in Amir's backyard with his own father. Amir is plagued with a lot of choices in this book though of right versus wrong and what it really means to be a man. Would you stand up for those that you truly love when it can cost you your own life? Betrayal and redemption is what this story is about. A boy who doesn't stand up but instead runs away his entire life, but one day chooses redemption instead of betrayal finally. 
 Now I see why so many people enjoy this book and it comes to highly recommended !