Kit's Wilderness
Autor David Almonden Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 ian 2008
Here Kit meets Askew, a surly and threatening figure who masterminds the game called Death, a frightening ritual of hypnotism; and Kit makes friends with Allie, the clever school troublemaker. As Kit struggles to adjust to his new life and the gradual failing of his beloved grandfather, these two friendships pull him towards a terrifying resolution. Haunted by ghosts of the past, Kit must confront death and - ultimately - life.
A stunning novel from the author of the modern children's classic Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.
Preț: 20.37 lei
Preț vechi: 55.42 lei
-63%
Puncte Express: 31
Carte disponibilă
Livrare economică 15-29 iulie
Livrare express 01-07 iulie pentru 54.41 lei
Livrare prin curier în România Termenul estimat este afișat lângă disponibilitate.
Transport gratuit de la 400.00 lei Plată online sau ramburs, în funcție de opțiunile comenzii.
Retur gratuit în 14 zile Comandă securizată și suport în română.
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780340944967
ISBN-10: 034094496X
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: n/a
Dimensiuni: 129 x 241 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Hachette Children's Group
Colecția Hodder Children's Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 034094496X
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: n/a
Dimensiuni: 129 x 241 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Hachette Children's Group
Colecția Hodder Children's Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Magic of a very different kind
An enthralling, multi-layered and complex story with a tension that builds and grips the reader. A wonder ful read.
A writer of subtle, page-turning and daring exactness.
Extremely good. Written with an acute sense of place plus a touch of the supernatural.
Sensitive and absorbing.
Has the same mesmerising quality of writing and a hauntingly intense plot.
The book treats all the great universal themes of literature - love, loss, redemption, mortality - with elegant, tender simplicity, and it is bound to touch any reader of whatever age.
Very touching.
An essential read from an original voice.
A haunting read for thoughtful readers.
A moving rites-of-passage novel.
This superb piece of lyrically-written literary fiction captivates teenagers and their parents alike.
Almond's magic is subtle, breath-taking, redemptive.
Gripping, convincing and effortlessly well-written
Dark and gripping.
Almond's masterpiece: Kit's Wilderness is one of those rare works that changes how we see the world
Could a children's book win the Booker? The best writing is the kind that defies categories, and Almond's Kit's Wilderness makes the grade.
You can feel the chill from the ghosts that haunt its pages. An essential read from an original voice in children's books.
David Almond is a writer of subtle, page-turning and daring exactness, and he applies the same potent poetic and emphatic skills in his equally moving new novel.
A children's book of stunning freshness and individuality.
Deeper and more unsettling than Almond's breakthrough book.
An enthralling, multi-layered and complex story with a tension that builds and grips the reader. A wonder ful read.
A writer of subtle, page-turning and daring exactness.
Extremely good. Written with an acute sense of place plus a touch of the supernatural.
Sensitive and absorbing.
Has the same mesmerising quality of writing and a hauntingly intense plot.
The book treats all the great universal themes of literature - love, loss, redemption, mortality - with elegant, tender simplicity, and it is bound to touch any reader of whatever age.
Very touching.
An essential read from an original voice.
A haunting read for thoughtful readers.
A moving rites-of-passage novel.
This superb piece of lyrically-written literary fiction captivates teenagers and their parents alike.
Almond's magic is subtle, breath-taking, redemptive.
Gripping, convincing and effortlessly well-written
Dark and gripping.
Almond's masterpiece: Kit's Wilderness is one of those rare works that changes how we see the world
Could a children's book win the Booker? The best writing is the kind that defies categories, and Almond's Kit's Wilderness makes the grade.
You can feel the chill from the ghosts that haunt its pages. An essential read from an original voice in children's books.
David Almond is a writer of subtle, page-turning and daring exactness, and he applies the same potent poetic and emphatic skills in his equally moving new novel.
A children's book of stunning freshness and individuality.
Deeper and more unsettling than Almond's breakthrough book.