Two Plays

My Dad's a Birdman

The Tale of Angelino Brown

The Accidental Afterlife of Thomas Marsden

Dying to Meet You: 43 Old Cemetery Road

Don't Close Your Eyes! (Mostly Ghostly)

Hilda and the Great Parade

Jessica's Ghost

The Printz Award–winning classic gets a new look.

The Watson family moves to Stoneygate, an old coal-mining town, to care for Kit’s recently widowed grandfather. When Kit meets John Askew, another boy whose family has both worked and died in the mines, Askew invites Kit to join him in playing a game called Death. As Kit’s grandfather tells him stories of the mine’s past and the history of the Watson family, Askew takes Kit into the mines, where the boys look to find the childhood ghosts of their long-gone ancestors. Written in haunting, lyrical prose, Kit’s Wilderness examines the bonds of family from one generation to the next, and explores how meaning and beauty can be revealed from the depths of darkness.

A Michael L. Printz Award Winner
An ALA Notable Book
A Publishers Weekly Best Book

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Alex T. Smith, David Almond, 2017

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Emma Trevayne, 2015

Dying to Meet You: 43 Old Cemetery Road

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Don't Close Your Eyes! (Mostly Ghostly)

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