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Kit's Wilderness

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"Kit's Wilderness" is a book that will make you feel uneasy and a little frightened; it speaks to those fears of getting in with the wrong group and doing things that we are too smart to do. Teenagers will relate to the group pressure of fitting in and appearing cool and unafraid and also to that base emotion of enjoying fear.

When Kit's grandmother dies, Kit and his family move to Stoneygate an old coal-mining town that Kit's family has a history in to take care of his grandfather.

Being the new kid is never easy and Kit hooks up with a group of kids that play a game called "death". It made my skin crawl to think of a group of teenagers in an old mine pit playing a game called death.

Kit is a strong and gifted person and can see ghosts, and Askew is the bad kid Kit has a connection with, for Askew sees the same ghosts, to them the game of death is real and not pretend. Askew is a talented artist, but comes from a rough home and is kicked out of school. Kit has a talent for writing stories and through his stories he is able to help Askew. Askew and Kit have a tumultuous relationship and in the end Kit proves to be the wiser.

Kits wilderness is a fantasy book.The story starts of when Kit Watson moves to stonygate. His ancestors all lived in stonygate too and they all worked in the pit mines. Soon after KIt moves to stonygate he meets a boy called John Askew, he introduces Kit to a dangerous game called death. In this game Kit and other children from the old familys from stonygate have to sit in a circle in a cave and Askew will spin a knife, if the knife land on you than you would go to the middle and experiance death. KIt experiances death but unlike the others he sees the dead children of the past Askew also sees these children, this is because they are both the living dead. The game of death is stoped when one of the school teachers finds out they have been playing it. Everyone blames this on Kit because it was his teacher that stoped the game.
Kits problems increase when his grandad becomes ill he goes into moments when he is completly blank and lost in the past.This is worring for Kits family and they know that he will soon die.
The ghost of the past come to haunt Kit, Askew and Grandpa but one of the ghost seems to be more like a gardian angel to Kit, Askew and grandpa.Silky (gardian angel)comforts Grandpa and kit when they go into there living dead moments.
Kit is the central character in the novel, he's very good and kind but he gets drawn to the darkness, for example John Askew and the death game. Askew is quite a frightening figure like a caveman.He is always out walking in the wilderness and wears black all the time.Allthough Askew is frightening he has server family promlems. in the end kit and Askew stay down in the mines all night and there is a frantic search for them! Are they going to be saved or will they stay down in the mines forever!?! I recomend this book to someone who likes an adventure and a mysterious book!!!!

The story of kit's Wilderness is a fantasy and a adventure for Kit. The story starts off for Kit Watson when he moves to Stoneygate. He becomes friendly with a boy named John Askew. John Askew is the leader of the game called "death" he goes to the game with his friend called Allie. Later in the novel it is Kit's turn to die. Kit does die. His problem increases when kit's granpa becomes ill. He starts having blackouts. Kit is followed to the game by his teacher called "Burning Bush" Kit is awoken when he is dead. John Askew says that this means that Kit will be in a living dead for the rest of hiS life. So in Kit's dream a gohst called Silky comes and huants him. Silky leads Kit into darkness and leaves Kit more and more confused at what is going on around him. John Askw runs away and Kit is the one to bring him back. So in the end they have a Happy Christmas or do they? My favourite charactor in the novel is Kit he is the main charactor in the book because in the book the author is always talking bout him. John Askew seems frightening, almost "caveman" kind of person but his family aren't the best to live with. His dad abuses him so he has a tough time. Granpa lets the past come alive for Kit, he is always telling Kit storys untill he becomes ill.... The books most important themes are about life/death and frienship. The most exciting part of the novel occurs when Kit and Askew learn what it is really like to be friends and what friendship means. David Almond's type of writing is very distinctive because he can always make you feel Kit's feelings and how hw cope's with them. I would recommend this book to people who like exciting and mysterious books, because it is very unique in it's style. So read this book to find and what it is like to be Kit and how to cope with his problems!
By Sophie Daniels

Kit's Wilderness is a strange book because it is a bit of a fantacy and an adventure in one. The story starts off when kit moves to stoneygate and he doesn't really know anyone. Then he meets John Askew in school. When John Askew randomly comes up to his with a picture of him sitting by the school fence.
At the end of the book kit and John Askew become really good friends. I don't like the book because it is dull and boring.

Kits Wilderness by David Almond is a very imaginative and interesting story book with many different genres like its a fantasy because of all the ghostsand dreams. But its also an adventure as the relationship between Kit and John Askew and also about the game of Death and Lak. I think this Book is for most over the age of about 11.

Kits Wilderness starts of with Kit as he moves into the town of Stonygate to live with his grandpa. He then meets John Askew who introduces him to the game of death. It then all becomes worse for kit as his grandpa becomes ill and has to go to hospital. Then the ghosts of the past come and haunt Kit. Then John Askew runs away and Kit finds him in an abandoned mine where they become blood brothers then they are found and brought back home for a happy ending (But Grandpa Dies!)

Kit is the central charactor in the novel as every thing seems to link to him in one way or another. His friend Askew is also one of the main charactors, he seems a very scary type of person but turns out good in the end. Kits Grandpa is ill in most of the book but he makes the past alive for Kit.

In order i think that frendship, family relationship, the past and death are the most important themes in the novel.

In this book i think that the most exciting part is the story about Lak as i found it very interesting. David Almonds style of writing is very original as he has some very short sentences and some very long ones too.

I would recommend this book to some but not all readers as parts of it become very confusing and mixed up.

Overall a just above average book.

Kits wilderness is a fantasy book with a touch of magic and some adventure, David Almond who has also written books such as Skellig is the author of Kits Wilderness. The starts of with Kit moving to Stonygate after his grandma has died. He meets up with a boy called John Askew who has two sides to his personality. They play a game, a game called death. Kit and Askew have both got unique talents to explore. Kit encounters many problems as the novel takes many twist and turns. His granpa falls ill and Askw has a grudge against him. The past haunts Kit and goahsts from the past come back.

Askew, espacially has a good charachter profile he is a caveman type figuer and has a different reaction to each character. This book would appeal to people of all ages and is well worth a read. I would give this book **** stars out of 5.

This book is about a bot who moves to stoney gate,and his life gets turned upside down. He is called Kit Watson and this book is an adventure of him trying to settle into his new home.

The book starts off with him moving to stoney gate,and him making friends with John Askew who is into dares the Game off death to him.
The game of death is where a group of people spin knifes and who ever it lands on gets to pretend that they are dead,but if you are woken up without playing the game you are ment to be the living dead,as Kit Watson finds out. Kit's problems begin to increase when his Granpa gets seriously ill,and Kit wories about him all the time. There ghosts from the old mines where Kit had his friends play the game of death,and come to haunt. They are children but one called Silky looks after Kit and his Granpa like a Gordina. You will have to read more of the books to find out what happens to these parts in the story.
The main charactor falls around Kit he is a teenager who trys to make friends but his plans to make them backfire on him one of the friends is John Askew who i think isn't a very good charactor to be friends with. He is a frightening person who seems almost like a coverman.
Another important person is Kits Granpa,who lets the past come back to life by telling his never ending life of stories.
The story is based around death family relationships and friendship. the story starts with Kit trying to make friends play the game of death and other charactors family relationship

This book is is about a boy who moves to Stoneygate, and his life gets turned upsidedown. he is called Kit Watson and the book is an adventure of him trying to settle into his new home.
The book starts off with him moving to stoney gate, and him making friends with John Askew who intro-ducses the game of death to him. The game of death is where a group of children spin a knife and who ever it lands on gets to pretend that they are dead, but if you are woken up whilst playing the game you are ment to be the living dead, as Kit Watson finds out. Kit's problems begin to increase when his grampa gets seriously ill, and kit worries about him all the time. Then ghosts from the old mines where kit and his friends play the game of death, come to haunt him. They are children but one called silky looks after kit and his grampa like a gardian. You will have to read the book for your selfs if you want to know what happens.

Kit's wilderness is a great book to read. I think anybody who likes mystery would enjoy this book. There are a lot of characters in this book and they all have different characteristics.

The plot in brief is a boy calledd kit who moves to Stoneygate and a boy called John Askew who likes kit because he thinks that they are connected. Then he askes kit to play a game called "Death" which is very dangerous. Then he incounts lots of other problems like his Grampa is getting very ill and he then sees some ghost. As you can see kit already has a lot of problems but then he gets even more problems.

There are quite a few characters in this book but some of the main characters are kit who is the central person in the book and everything in the bookk links somhow back to him. His friend John Askew who is very frightening and he is a bit like a caveman but he has family problems as well as kit.There is also Grampa who is ill and old he also tells kit about his past.

Kit's Wilderness by DAvid Almond is a cross between an adventure and a fantasy book, and is only suitable, I think, for readers who like fantasy as well as adventure not one or the other.

The story starts off when Christopher (or Kit) Watson moves to Stoneygate after the death of his Grandma. His mother, father and him, move in with his Grandpa, who is usually full of life. Kit meets a boy called John Askew, a well kown troublemaker, and Allie , a cheerful, 'good bad' girl, and things go wrong.

Kit sees children from the past, from the pit,(the coal mine) killed in a disaster, after being woken from 'death'. Askew's and Kit's ancestors used to work in int he pit and used to see Silky, a ghost.

John Askew has a game called 'Death'. Allie and some others play this game, for fun, but Kit discovers him and Askew have more in common than he thinks. With Granpa's illness, the pit children from the past, the dissaperance of Askew and Kit's living death, can things get any stranger?

Kit is most definetely the main character in this novel. It is intresting how he decides to be freinds with John Askew, and sees the light in him, instead of the dark. Kit is little bit too involved with Askew, I feel, at the beginning of the book. This is because if someone you had only known for a short while asked of you wanted to play a game called 'Death', you probably wouldn't!

Askew is the darkest character in the book. He is called a 'caveman' and talks and draws about the mining children and their ghosts. John Askew can also see what Kit sees, and knows they are connected. Christopher Watson, aged 13 and John Askew aged 13 both died in the Stoneygate pit disaster. I don't like Askew because it all seams a bit surreal. I mean, is it likely that a 13 year old boy would go around talking about ghosts, darkness, connections and end up living like a caveman?

Allie is my favourite character because she can be good and bad but fun at the same time. She is Kits only friend, proper friend, who is with him through out the book. Allie has to be the most real of the characters, sometimes in a good mood and sometimes not, and still plays the game called 'Death', only pretending. However, this book (or any book for that matter) would be completely boring if all the characters were like her. Allie Keenan contrasts well with John Askew.

The most important themes in this novel are darkness against light, death and 'Death', the past, passing things down generation to generation, and friendships and family relationships.

The most interesting aspect of the book for me was how there was one main plot, but other little plots joined up inside it. For example, the main plot would have been Kit's life in Stoneygate but a little or sub-plot would have been the game called 'Death'.

I would only recommend this book to someone if they were into dark, adventurous and fantasy stories. This is because it is a bit of a confusing read and the ending is not as good as I exspected it to be. However, if I knew someone who would like this nocel, I would tell them to give it a go, and see what they think.

By Amy Hawkins