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Kit's Wilderness

by David Almond

Ages 11–13 Reading age 12 Novel Set in everyday life thoughtfulspooky

In an old pit village, Kit is drawn into a game called Death played in the ruins, and starts to see the children who died in the mine.

A story about children and families, thoughtful and spooky in tone. We would put it with children of 11–13, and at a reading age of about 12 for reading alone.

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