Kit's Wilderness ****UNC PROOF****

Almond, David

ISBN 10: 0340778857 / ISBN 13: 9780340778852

Edité par Hodder Children's Books, London, 1999

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UNCORRECTED BOUND PROOF. Book in Very Good + condition. SCARCE PROOF COPY of Author's 2nd book.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Kit's Wilderness ****UNC PROOF****
• Éditeur: Hodder Children's Books, London
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0340778857
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780340778852
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

À propos de l?auteur

David Almond is twice winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award. His first novel, SKELLIG, won the Whitbread Children's Award and the Carnegie Medal. His second, KIT'S WILDERNESS, won the Smarties Award Silver Medal, was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal, and shortlisted for the Guardian Award. THE FIRE-EATERS won the Whitbread, the Smarties Gold Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. David is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative children's authors writing today, and his books are bestsellers all over the world. He lives with his family in Northumberland.