Kit's Wilderness

Hodder a new and exciting series of literature titles for Key Stage 3 for whole class use.Kit and his family have moved back to Stoneygate to be with his grandfather who is gradually succumbing to Alzheimer's Disease. A once-industrious coal-mining town, Stoneygate is now a half-wilderness scarred by mining tragedies and potholed with treacherous mineshafts. At his new school, Kit finds himself not only drawn to Allie Keenan, full of energy and life, but also shadowy John Askew and the dangerous game he plays - a game called Death. But it's only through playing the game that Kit is able to see the lost children of the mines and, ultimately, connect his grandfather's fading memories to his, his friends' and Stoneygate's history and future.