About the Book: Kite Spirit
During the summer of her GCSEs Kites world falls apart. Her best friend, Dawn,
commits suicide after a long struggle with feeling under pressure to achieve.
Kites dad takes her to the Lake District, to give her time and space to grieve.
In London Kite is a confident girl, at home in the noisy, bustling city, but in
the countryside she feels vulnerable and disorientated. Kite senses Dawns spirit
around her and is consumed by powerful, confusing emotions - anger, guilt,
sadness and frustration, all of which are locked inside. Its not until she meets
local boy, Garth, that Kite begins