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John Kitchen

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Cornwall, The United Kingdom

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Young Adult, Children's, Memoir

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Michael Morpurgo, whose books are often set in the West Country and to ...more

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John Kitchen was born and grew up in Cornwall.

After graduating from London University with one of the first Bachelor of Education degrees, he went back to Cornwall to teach, but after four years he moved ‘up-country’. The main part of his teaching career after that was spent in Oxfordshire, where he still lives.

He left teaching in 2001 to devote himself to writing for young people. His first book, Nicola’s Ghost won the ‘New Generation Publishing Award’ and was winner of the ‘Writer’s Digest best self-published Young Adult Novel 2001’

His second Novel, A Spectre in the Stones is published by Thames River Press. He also wrote a story for younger children and persuaded an artist friend, Daniel Drury, to illustrate it, (see Kamazu's Big Swing B ...more

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Average rating: 4.5 · 40 ratings · 24 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Jax' House 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nicola's Ghost 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Spectre in the Stones 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragments of Springtime it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mine-Shift it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kamazu's Big Swing Band by John Kitchen (Goodreads Author), Daniel Drury (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Afire Ore Miners of Newfoundland and Labrador 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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John Kitchen liked Daniel Drury's review of Mine-Shift: "This is a great story, and those who aren’t big fans of science fiction need not be put off as the time-travel element is mostly simply a clever device to weave together two intimately-connected narratives separated by several centuries. The eighteen" Read more of this review »
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John Kitchen liked Angela Reid's review of Mine-Shift: "Mine-Shift is an outstanding time-slip novel for young adults, vividly bringing to life an 18th-century mining village. The historical detail feels authentic and immersive and is clearly the result of careful research, yet the story never gets bogged" Read more of this review »
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