Kit's Wilderness
First edition (p/b) | |
| Author | David Almond |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | Apr 1999 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 233 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 0340727160 |
| OCLC | 43342540 |
| LC Class | PZ7.A448 Ki 1999 |
Kit's Wilderness is a children's novel by David Almond, published by Hodder Children's Books in 1999. It is set in a fictional English town in the northeast of the country and is based on the former coal-mining towns the author knew as a child growing up in Tyne and Wear. It was silver runner-up for the Smarties Prize in the 9-11 ages category, highly commended for the Carnegie Medal, and shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
It was published in the United States by Delacorte Press in 2000 and won the Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognising the year's best book for young adults.