Kit's Wilderness - Rilegato

Almond, David

3,7

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ISBN 10: 0385326653 ISBN 13: 9780385326650

Casa editrice: Delacorte Pr, 2000

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After moving to an old coal-mining town to tend to his elderly grandfather, Kit accepts an invitation from a new friend to play a dangerous game, venturing into the depths to reconnect with ancestors who had worked and died within its walls.

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Praise for Kit's Wilderness:

"A thrilling and spine-tingling ride."                                                          --Starred, Publishers Weekly

"A heartbreakingly real world fused with magical realism. . . . [The book's] ruminations about death and the healing power of love will strike children in unsuspected ways."                                                  --Starred, Booklist

"A whirl of ghosts and dreams, stories-within-stories, joy, heartache, and redemption."                  --Kirkus Reviews
Praise for David Almond:
"Kit's Wilderness establishes Almond as the most exciting new voice in children's books of this decade."                    --Literary Review, London

L'autore:

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.

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