Kit's Wilderness

Written by David Almond

In a mining town, Kit faces a chilling game that unearths family secrets and ancestral ghosts.

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256 pages· 470L

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Bookroo's summary

Kit Watson moves to a coal-mining town to help his grandfather. He meets John Askew, who invites him to play a dangerous game called Death. As Kit delves into the mines, he uncovers haunting family stories and the ghosts of ancestors. Will Kit find meaning in the darkness, or will the past consume him?

From the publisher

Written in haunting, lyrical prose, Kit’s Wilderness examines the bonds of family from one generation to the next, and explores how meaning and beauty can be revealed from the depths of darkness. A Michael L. Printz Award WinnerAn ALA Notable Book A Publishers Weekly Best BookA Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century The Watson family moves to Stoneygate, an old coal-mining town, to care for Kit’s recently widowed grandfather. When Kit meets John Askew, another boy whose family has both worked and died in the mines, Askew invites Kit to join him in playing a game called Death. As Kit’s grandfather tells him stories of the mine’s past and the history of the Watson family, Askew takes Kit into the mines, where the boys look to find the childhood ghosts of their long-gone ancestors.