Kit's Wilderness

I think anyone who reads the first page of this would want to continue. It grips you. They thought we had disappeared, and they were wrong. They thought we were dead, and they were wrong. We stumbled together out of the ancient darkness into the shining valley. The sun glared down on us. The whole wo......more

Kit's Wilderness is an underrated, unknown, incredible book. Two hours to read this book, on a whim, because I had free time and wanted to read something short in one sitting. Two hours to captivate me, pull me into an enchanting story, and rip out my heart, naturally. This book turned me into a cry......more

"Everybody's got the seam of goodness in them, Kit," said Grandpa. "Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light." Kit's Wilderness is an eerie, dreamlike novel, permeating with a feeling of sadness and loss. It is, at times, a rather dark book - as I was reading it I w......more

Kit’s Wilderness I wonder how many times I’ve seen this title and assumed it was an American Girl book. Truly a shame… This has been out for 15 years… 15 years that I could have carried Kit and his story with me. It almost eluded me once again, when I noticed the author, David Almond, I knew that n......more

It was magical, yes. I like the way Mr. Almond narrates smoothly, as if the characters are flowing through the story, as if they were meant to be who they are, to do as they do. You never get tired, or bored reading this novel. I still have Skellig by the same author as my favorite, but there are ot......more