Kit's Wilderness
Kit’s Wilderness
David Almond
Summary: When Kit moves to Stoneygate – a once-thriving mining village haunted by a long-ago tragedy which killed 117 children – he is befriended by the wretched, sullen John Askew, a boy whose very soul has been fractured by his violent upbringing. As Kit’s grieving grandfather begins to lose his grip on life, Kit is irresistibly drawn into a treacherous game played for the highest of stakes. Coming face to face with the ghosts of the wilderness – the space between the houses and the river where the ancient mine once flourished – this game ultimately tests his perceptions of life and death.