num_pages: 4
description: 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.Written in haunting, lyrical prose, Kit's 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.
language: English
title: Kit's Wilderness
titlecomplete: Kit's Wilderness
characters: Kit Watson, John Askew
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Death, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 3805
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Zilveren Zoen, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Listening Library