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Kit's wilderness

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The Printz Awardwinning classic gets a new look.The Watson family moves to Stoneygate, an old coal-mining town, to care for Kits 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 Kits grandfather tells him stories of the mines 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, Kits 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.

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Product Details
Hodder
0385729898 / 9780385729895
eBook (EPUB)
823.92
13/11/2001
England
English
233 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Quiz No: 202594, Points 6.00, Book Level 3.70,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More
Reprint. Description based on print version record. Originally published: 1999.