1998, ISBN: 0807282154

Hörkassette, [EAN: 9780807282151], Listening Library, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Listening Library, Book, Listening Library, Listening Library, When Kit moves to Stoneygate--a once thr… More...

Hörkassette, [EAN: 9780807282151], Listening Library, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Listening Library, Book, Listening Library, Listening Library, When Kit moves to Stoneygate--a once thriving mining village haunted by a long-ago tragedy which killed 117 children--he is befriended by the wretched, sullen John Askew, a boy whose very soul has been fractured by his violent upbringing. As Kit's grieving grandfather begins to lose his grip on life, Kit is irresistibly drawn into a treacherous game played for the highest of stakes. Coming face to face with the ghosts of the wilderness--the space between the houses and the river where the ancient mine once flourished--this game ultimately tests his perceptions of life and death. The award-winning author of Skellig, David Almond, has set this extraordinary novel on a canvas of bleak, uncompromising landscapes which perfectly echo the simmering tensions that drive the story. With its all consuming, chilling and surprisingly sensual depth Kit's Wilderness is packed tight with emotions that resonate on the page, making it a truly remarkable and unforgettable novel for older children. (Ages 11 and over).--Susan Harrison, Like David Almond's 1998 Whitbread-winning Skellig, this powerful, eerie, elegantly written novel celebrates the magic that is part of our existence--the magic that occurs when we dream at night, the magic that connects us to family long gone, the magic that connects humans to the land, and us all to each other. As Kit's grandfather puts it, "the tales and memories and dreams that keep the world alive." It seems fated that 13-year-old Christopher Watson, nicknamed Kit, would move to Stoneygate, an old English coal-mining village where his ancestors lived, worked, and died. Evidence of the ancient coal pit is everywhere--depressions in the gardens, jagged cracks in the roadways, in his grandfather's old mining songs. A monument in the St. Thomas graveyard bears the name of child workers killed in the Stoneygate pit disaster of 1821, including Kit's own name--Christopher Watson, aged 13--the name of a distant uncle. At the top of this high, narrow pyramid-shaped monument is the name John Askew, the same name of Kit's classmate who takes the connection between this monument and life--and death--very seriously. The drama unfolds as the haunted, hulking, dark-eyed John Askew draws Kit and other classmates into the game of Death, a spin-the-knife, pretend-to-die game that he hosts in a deep hole dug in the earth, with candles, bones, and carved pictures of the children of the old families of Stoneygate. Kit the writer and Askew the artist belong together, Askew keeps telling him. "Your stories is like my drawings, Kit. They take you back deep into the dark and show it lives within us still.... You see it, don't you? You're starting to see that you and me is just the same." Are they, though? Kit's Wilderness conjures a world where the past is alive in the present and creeps into the future--a world where ancestral ghosts and even the slow-changing geology of the landscape are as tangible as lunch. Powerful images of darkness exploding into "lovely lovely light" filter throughout the story, as Almond boldly explores the dark side and unearths a joyful message of redemption. (Ages 11 and much, much older) --Karin Snelson, 62196011, Fiction, 62197011, Africa, 62198011, Ancient Civilizations, 62199011, Europe, 62200011, Exploration & Discoveries, 62201011, Famous Women, 62202011, General, 62203011, Holocaust, 62204011, Medieval, 62205011, Military & Wars, 62206011, Prehistory, 62207011, Renaissance, 160270031, General AAS, 62188011, History & Historical Fiction, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 62228011, 1900s, 62226011, Fiction, 62217011, United States, 62188011, History & Historical Fiction, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 62284011, Spine-Chilling Horror, 62280011, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror, 62238011, Literature, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 62332011, Fiction, 62331011, Multigenerational, 62323011, Family Life, 62291011, People & Places, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 62414011, Fiction, 62413011, Friendship, 62409011, Social Situations, 62291011, People & Places, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 208625031, Hörkassette, 310998031, Hörbuch, 208621031, Format (binding_browse-bin), 366250011, Refinements, 52044011, Englische Bücher<

1998, ISBN: 0807282154

Hörkassette, [EAN: 9780807282151], Listening Library, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Listening Library, Book, Listening Library, Listening Library, When Kit moves to Stoneygate--a once thr… More...

Hörkassette, [EAN: 9780807282151], Listening Library, Englisch, Englisch, Englisch, Listening Library, Book, Listening Library, Listening Library, When Kit moves to Stoneygate--a once thriving mining village haunted by a long-ago tragedy which killed 117 children--he is befriended by the wretched, sullen John Askew, a boy whose very soul has been fractured by his violent upbringing. As Kit's grieving grandfather begins to lose his grip on life, Kit is irresistibly drawn into a treacherous game played for the highest of stakes. Coming face to face with the ghosts of the wilderness--the space between the houses and the river where the ancient mine once flourished--this game ultimately tests his perceptions of life and death. The award-winning author of Skellig, David Almond, has set this extraordinary novel on a canvas of bleak, uncompromising landscapes which perfectly echo the simmering tensions that drive the story. With its all consuming, chilling and surprisingly sensual depth Kit's Wilderness is packed tight with emotions that resonate on the page, making it a truly remarkable and unforgettable novel for older children. (Ages 11 and over).--Susan Harrison, Like David Almond's 1998 Whitbread-winning Skellig, this powerful, eerie, elegantly written novel celebrates the magic that is part of our existence--the magic that occurs when we dream at night, the magic that connects us to family long gone, the magic that connects humans to the land, and us all to each other. As Kit's grandfather puts it, "the tales and memories and dreams that keep the world alive." It seems fated that 13-year-old Christopher Watson, nicknamed Kit, would move to Stoneygate, an old English coal-mining village where his ancestors lived, worked, and died. Evidence of the ancient coal pit is everywhere--depressions in the gardens, jagged cracks in the roadways, in his grandfather's old mining songs. A monument in the St. Thomas graveyard bears the name of child workers killed in the Stoneygate pit disaster of 1821, including Kit's own name--Christopher Watson, aged 13--the name of a distant uncle. At the top of this high, narrow pyramid-shaped monument is the name John Askew, the same name of Kit's classmate who takes the connection between this monument and life--and death--very seriously. The drama unfolds as the haunted, hulking, dark-eyed John Askew draws Kit and other classmates into the game of Death, a spin-the-knife, pretend-to-die game that he hosts in a deep hole dug in the earth, with candles, bones, and carved pictures of the children of the old families of Stoneygate. Kit the writer and Askew the artist belong together, Askew keeps telling him. "Your stories is like my drawings, Kit. They take you back deep into the dark and show it lives within us still.... You see it, don't you? You're starting to see that you and me is just the same." Are they, though? Kit's Wilderness conjures a world where the past is alive in the present and creeps into the future--a world where ancestral ghosts and even the slow-changing geology of the landscape are as tangible as lunch. Powerful images of darkness exploding into "lovely lovely light" filter throughout the story, as Almond boldly explores the dark side and unearths a joyful message of redemption. (Ages 11 and much, much older) --Karin Snelson, 62196011, Fiction, 62197011, Africa, 62198011, Ancient Civilizations, 62199011, Europe, 62200011, Exploration & Discoveries, 62201011, Famous Women, 62202011, General, 62203011, Holocaust, 62204011, Medieval, 62205011, Military & Wars, 62206011, Prehistory, 62207011, Renaissance, 160270031, General AAS, 62188011, History & Historical Fiction, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 62228011, 1900s, 62226011, Fiction, 62217011, United States, 62188011, History & Historical Fiction, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 62284011, Spine-Chilling Horror, 62280011, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror, 62238011, Literature, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 62332011, Fiction, 62331011, Multigenerational, 62323011, Family Life, 62291011, People & Places, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 62414011, Fiction, 62413011, Friendship, 62409011, Social Situations, 62291011, People & Places, 61180011, Children's Books, 54071011, Subjects, 52044011, Englische Bücher, 208625031, Hörkassette, 310998031, Hörbuch, 208621031, Format (binding_browse-bin), 366250011, Refinements, 52044011, Englische Bücher<