Kit's Wilderness

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Summary: Kit's Wilderness
Review: The story of Kit's Wilderness has an exciting storyline and is cleverly written by Almond.It is set in Stoney Gate. Two main boys play a game called death, with other freinds, Kit gets chosen and then killed but is awoken. There is an interesting ending but I think it could have been explained a bit more. I think when the two boys are down the mine and kit is talking about Lak it is very effective. I will look out for more Almond stories and I think others should too!

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Summary: Kit's Wilderness By David Almonds
Review: It is set in a villiage called Stoney Gate. It is basically about a game called death which is played by the children in the village John Askew Kit Watson and Allie Keenan.Kit is my favourite charactor because he is the main charactor and i like the relationship between him and his Grandfather. Allie is my least favourite charactor because i don't like bossy people and the way she dresses. Lest effective part was when grandpa goes to hospital.Most effective when Askew takes Kit into the Wlderness once more. I would not change any of the book i like it all. I was happy with the ending i likehow it brought everyone together to be friends

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Summary: Captivating, intriguing...but still bordering on destructive
Review: This is one of those books that will be extremely moving to some and totally "wierd" and "confusing" to others (just observe some of the other reviews). It might well resonate most with the very group that is more "at risk" for destructive gloomy behavior since the plot revolves around a game called "death". However, I can recommend it because Kit is such a real and sensitive character and because I think a lot of young boys can relate to Kit's fascination with danger, mystery and death.

This book is not for everyone and it should be read with adult involvement (for discussion). It has frightening elements to it and flirts with dark issues. Kit is a character who battles with a dark side but in the end sees the good in people. He is also his own person. He is a thinker and an individual which is admirable for a boy of his age. David Almond is a talented writer as well which helps the novel tremendously. A haunting tale, but it is a good work of literature because it prompts thought and ironically it endorses a strong optimism- but one that is actually realistic for a moody and at times alienated teenage boy. Very engaging-potentially disturbing. It hints at the reality that there is a dark side that draws people in and we cannot ignore this fact. The best way to approach it is to recognize it for what it is and talk about it so it loses some of that unknown lure. We shouldn't glamorize these issues but neither should we shy away from them. This is one of the rare YA books that merits serious attention rather than condemnation for being too tragic and depressing.

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Summary: Kit's Not-So-Hot Wilderness
Review: Kit's Wilderness written by David Almond takes place in a fictional middle-class town called Stoneygate. Stoneygate used to be a coal-mining town. The main character- thirteen year-old Kit Watson moved to Stoneygate, along with his mother father and grandfather, after his grandma died. He discovered he has somewhat of a legacy to live up to due to the fact that his ancestors have lived there for a while and the name Watson is well known. Kit meets another boy- John Askew, and John claims the two of them are linked because their ancestors were linked as well. John is a troublemaker and his family is the worst in town. Kit also meets a girl named Allie Keegan and becomes good friends with her. After a series of events makes Kit and John seem more connected, John gets kicked out of school. Out of anger, he runs away. Everyone in town thinks John is bad news and Kit shouldn't be hanging out with him but Kit thinks there is good in John. When Kit goes looking for John in an abandoned coal mine, will John show his bad side to Kit out of anger or will Kit be able to save John?
I am not a huge fan of Kit's Wilderness. However, I did not dislike the book an extreme amount, either. Overall, I thought the plot was slow moving and the climax was not very exciting. At the beginning of the book, the author does not give the reader anything substantial to base John and Kit's link. The reader is just supposed to take the author?s word for it. On the other hand, I really enjoyed the relationship between Kit and Allie. I enjoyed Allie's character in general. Another highlight is that the short chapters and three divisions allow the story to go by quickly.
I would relate this book to October Sky because they are both set in the same kind of town. Overall, Kit's Wilderness was mediocre but had high points.

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Summary: kit's wilderness
Review: My book is called Kit's Wilderness I fell that David Almond did write this book to his full potential. Kit's Wilderness was David Almond second novel in his career of writing books. For the most part this book was mediocre.

The book started with probably the most exciting part of the book. When a house burned down with Kit Watson (the main character) and John Askew inside. Everyone in Stoney Gate (the town) was unsure if they were alive. The book is mainly about Kit Watson's life, and the history of Stoney Gate, and the game that John Askew came up with called 'Death'. The game I speak of is played with a group of friends. They sit in a circle and decide who dies today. Once that happens the chosen player goes to sleep. When he wakes up the player tells the others about dying. The game was going well for about six months. The group of friends was unsure about playing the game when they saw a bulldozer coming through the wilderness. That caused them to abandon the house.

When both of his Grandparents died it was very tragic in his life. Although they died at separate times, Kit was upset for days. Now Kit had to depend on his friends more than ever. Until he finds someone to live with.

I do not recommend this book to my friends. It was very dark and strange.

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Summary: Play the "death" game
Review: David Almond writes stories that straddle the line between fantasy and reality, and his second book proves that "Skellig" was not a lucky fluke. "Kit's Wilderness" is haunting and memorable, with good writing and an intriguingly mysterious plot.

Kit Watson's family has recently moved to the mining village of Stoneygate, to care for Kit's aging grandfather after the death of his grandmother. Among his friends are the sullen, cryptic John Askew and the bright aspiring actress Allie. Soon Kit becomes enmeshed in the sinister, ritual-like game called "Death," with a spin-the-bottle knife and a jumble of grisly tokens, and sees wizened children huddled in the mines. He dreams of a prehistoric boy who struggles to survive with his baby sister, and Askew lets him see the graves of two boys -- who were called Christopher Watson and John Askew.

Then Kit's grandfather, who tells him of fossils and a little blond ghost, begins to fail; his memory is beginning to go. When John Askew runs away from home, Kit is drawn to learn more about this strange boy who is so fascinated by death. His search for the past, and for John Askew, will draw him down into the dark mines -- where he will find answers about John, the ghosts, Lak the caveboy, and Death.

"Kit's Wilderness" is one of those books that should be read at least twice, because the hauntingly vague subplots that somehow fit together. The subplots (Silky, Grandfather, Allie's acting aspirations, the game of Death, and Lak) don't really seem to have anything to do with each other. But to Almond;'s credit, he manages to weave them all together. It's a bit confusing, and some people may need to flip back to check it out, though.

Kit is the kind of character that Almond does best, a boy who is sensitive and observant, and we get into his head all throughout the book. Allie and John Askew serve as the yin and yang, the light and the dark. Allie's almost unreal brightness serves as a counterpoint to Askew's darkness. That isn't to say that Allie is all good and Askew is bad; they just have different personalities. Most striking is the relationship between Kit and Askew, with Kit unconsciously trying to draw Askew (who has a messed-up family) closer to the light and away from "death," but only by stepping into the mines and onto Askew's level can he pull his friend back home.

Almond's writing is surreal and stark as the mining town, and his dream sequences are like travelling back in time. His dialogue, as usual, is a bit stilted and peculiar-sounding if it's spoken out loud. But it's a beautiful book that will linger in your thoughts long after you finish it.

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Summary: Kit's Wilderness - David Almond
Review: Almond creates a mysterious and readable book, that will draw the reader into the depths of the plot and Kit's imagination. Although the book was exciting and moved with pace the climax was rather disappointing. However the interweaving plots let the story flow smoothly and caused excitment when brought together.At first Almond's intentions were unclear, but soon it became obvious that he was succeeding in bringing together the ideas of light and dark.
Overall, the book has been written well, with a cast of exciting and witty charachters,and we would definitely reccommend it to anyone around the age of 11 and 12.
Amelia Lowe and Charlotte Clark

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Summary: My Review of Kit's Wilderness
Review: I think that Kit's Wilderness was a very good book but it was very hard to follow all of the sub-plots and the main plot as they were all very complicated. Even so the plots were very good and quite enjoyable. David Almond uses a lot of detail when he writes which is very good as it helps the story to flow and sets the scene brilliantly.

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Summary: kit wilderness the book
Review: I thought the book was very good.
strange but not ordinary.GIt is very haunting and quite freaky. i also found it exciting and it made me read every page.
this book was a reader.
my favourite part was at the end where it was christmas and everyone became friends.
i know that as long as there are others to see us, we will walk here together forever.

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Summary: Kits Recovery
Review: Kit finds Askew and finds out about the name called death.Silky the ghost was complivated to find out who it was. I came to the conclusion that it was kit when he was younger and died when working in the cole mines.It was strange the way it had three scenes of which was not true(Winter,Autumn and Spring) atually showing the times of it getting bad and then getting d=good, i thought that was a great ideaI found this book very complicated beacause of Kit's dreams coming and going and Grandpa being dead or not. It was difficult to understand but it was a brillant story line. I enjoyed it very much and hope to read and enjoy his other book such as 'Skellig'!