Kit's Wilderness (Hodder Literature)

by David Almond (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2005

  $3.28

  Hodder Literature: a new and exciting series of literature titles for Key Stage 3 for whole class use. Kit and his family have moved back to Stoneygate to be with his grandfather who is gradually succumbing to Alzheimer's Disease. A once-industrious coal-mining town, Stoneygate is now a half-wilderness scarred by mining tragedies and potholed with treacherous mineshafts. At his new school, Kit finds himself not only drawn to Allie Keenan, full of energy and life, but also shadowy John Askew and the dangerous game he plays -- a game called Death. But it's only through playing the game that Kit is able to see the lost children of the mines and, ultimately, connect his grandfather's fading memories to his, his friends' and Stoneygate's history and future.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.42

  Kit has just moved to Stoneygate with his family, to live with his ageing grandfather who is gradually succumbing to Alzheimer's Disease. Stoneygate is an insular place, scarred by its mining history - by the danger and death it has brought them. Where the coal mine used to be there is now a wilderness.

  
  
  

  Here Kit meets Askew, a surly and threatening figure who masterminds the game called Death, a frightening ritual of hypnotism; and makes friends with Allie, the clever school troublemaker. As Kit struggles to adjust to his new life and the gradual failing of his beloved grandfather, these two friendships pull him towards a terrifying resolution. Haunted by ghosts of the past, Kit must confront death and - ultimately - life.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.28

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $10.10

  Kit has just moved to Stoneygate with his family, to live with his ageing grandfather who is gradually succumbing to Alzheimer's Disease. Stoneygate is an insular place, scarred by its mining history - by the danger and death it has brought them. Where the coal mine used to be there is now a wilderness.
  Here Kit meets Askew, a surly and threatening figure who masterminds the game called Death, a frightening ritual of hypnotism; and Kit makes friends with Allie, the clever school troublemaker. As Kit struggles to adjust to his new life and the gradual failing of his beloved grandfather, these two friendships pull him towards a terrifying resolution. Haunted by ghosts of the past, Kit must confront death and - ultimately - life.

  A stunning novel from the author of the modern children's classic Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.