"Almond . . . creates a heartbreakingly real world fused with
magical realism . . . suffusing the multilayered plot with an
otherworldly glow." ? Booklist, Starred
"Almond offers another tantalizing blend of human drama, surrealism
and allegory." ? Publishers Weekly, Starred -- Review
內容簡介：
"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"
關於作者：
“I grew up in a big extended Catholic family [in the north of
England]. I listened to the stories and songs at family parties. I
listened to the gossip that filled Dragone’s coffee shop.
I ran with my friends through the open spaces and the narrow lanes.
We scared each other with ghost stories told in fragile tents on
dark nights. We promised never-ending friendship and whispered of
the amazing journeys we’d take together.
I sat with my grandfather in his allotment, held tiny Easter chicks
in my hands while he smoked his pipe and the factory sirens wailed
and larks yelled high above. I trembled at the images presented to
us in church, at the awful threats and glorious promises made by
black-clad priests with Irish voices. I scribbled stories and
stitched them into little books. I disliked school and loved the
library, a little square building in which I dreamed that books
with my name on them would stand one day on the shelves.
Skellig, my first children’s novel, came out of the blue, as if it
had been waiting a long time to be told. It seemed to write itself.
It took six months, was rapidly taken by Hodder Children’s Books
and has changed my life. By the time Skellig came out, I’d written
my next children’s novel, Kit’s Wilderness. These books are
suffused with the landscape and
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