Kit's Wilderness
About this book
The Printz Award--winning classic gets a new look.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. 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 BookFrom the Paperback edition.
Reader Profile
3.7/5 · 4030 readers · 255 pages · ≈ 4 h 43 m · Light
How long does it take to read Kit's Wilderness?
About ≈ 4 h 43 m — 255 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Kit's Wilderness?
255 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Kit's Wilderness?
It sits on the Ghost Stories, Adventure, Fiction shelves.
Is Kit's Wilderness in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Kit's Wilderness?
David Almond (1519–0).