Kit's Wilderness vs Monstrous devices: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Grandfathers, Grandparents, Adventure, Children's fiction, Fiction
Kit's Wilderness
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…
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Monstrous devices
Alex, nearly thirteen, flees with his grandfather across snowy Europe to escape the human and mechanical assassins that pursue them, trying to retrieve a powerful object.
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Kit's Wilderness has the widest readership — 4030 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Kit's Wilderness | Monstrous devices | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (4030) | 3.6 (897) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (1) | 3.0 (2) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | 5.0 (1) |
Reception
| Kit's Wilderness | Monstrous devices | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4030 | 897 |
| Editions | 23 | 5 |
| Citations | 13 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 200 | — |
| Pages | 255 | 345 |