David Almond

Kit's Wilderness

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Watson family moves to the old coal-mining town of Stoneygate to care for Kit's recently widowed grandfather. When Kit meets John Askew, another boy whose family had worked and died in the mines, he invites Kit to join him in playing a game called Death. Kit's association with Askew takes him into the mines where the boys look for the childhood ghosts of their long-gone ancestors. Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award.

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"It was very deep, Kit. Very dark. And every one of us was scared of it. As a lad I'd wake up trembling, knowing that as a Watson born in Stoneygate I'd soon be following my ancestors into the pit". 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 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 for the childhood ghosts of their long-gone ancestors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House Children's Books
• Seitenzahl: 229
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 180mm x 108mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 132g
• ISBN-13: 9780440416050
• ISBN-10: 0440416051
• Artikelnr.: 22325908

Autorenporträt

DAVID ALMOND grew up in a large family in northeastern England and says, "The place and the people have given me many of my stories." His first novel for children, Skellig, was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book and an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and appeared on many best book of the year lists. His second novel, Kit's Wilderness, won the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.

Rezensionen

Magic of a very different kind Erica Wagner The Times 19990520