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Hauntingly beautiful, David Almond's novel weaves a lyrical and magical story that crosses the span of time. The village of Stoneygate, England is where the ancestors of Christopher Watson's (Kit) lived, worked, and died in the old English coal mines. The historic cycle comes full circle for Kit when his family moves to Stoneygate to care for his grandfather after his grandmother dies. He discovers he shares his name with a child worker who died in a terrible mine accident in 1821. Kit is drawn to a thrilling drama where the past deeply and powerfully affects the present and to a boy, John Askew, and his dark game of death. Kit uncovers amazing revelations of self-discovery and tantalizing ancestral mysteries. (Author: David Almond. Hardcover 229 pages)
All Ages
School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
English
0440416051
David Almond
2001 Laurel Leaf
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