num_pages: 256
description: The Printz Award–winning classic gets a new look.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 playing 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 to find 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.A Michael L. Printz Award WinnerAn ALA Notable Book A Publishers Weekly Best Book
language: English
title: Kit's Wilderness
titlecomplete: Kit's Wilderness
characters: Kit Watson, John Askew
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Teen, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Death, Fantasy, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 3804
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: Laurel Leaf