Joe Quinn's Poltergeist

By: David Almond, Dave McKean (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 6 February 2020

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A beautifully imagined story for fans of Neil Gaiman, by the dream team of bestselling author, David Almond, and award-winning artist, Dave McKean.

Joe Quinn tells everyone about the poltergeist in his house, but no one believes him. No one that is, except for Davie. He’s felt the inexplicable presence in the rooms, he’s seen random objects fly through the air. And there’s something else … a memory of his beloved sister, and a feeling deep down that somehow it might be possible for ghosts to exist.

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An other-worldly and evocative tale from one of the most acclaimed storytellers of his generation.
A beautifully illustrated full-colour young graphic novel, with artwork by long-time collaborator and award-winning illustrator, Dave McKean.

About the Author

David Almond is the highly acclaimed author of Skellig, Clay, My Name is Mina, My Dad’s a Birdman, The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas and many other novels, short stories and plays. His books have been translated into almost forty languages and are widely adapted for the stage and screen. His numerous awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Children’s Books Awards and Le Prix Sorciéres, and in 2010 he gained the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international prize for children’s authors.

About the Illustrator

Dave McKean is a world-renowned artist, designer and film director who has illustrated several books for children, including The Savage, Slog's Dad and Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf all by David Almond. He has collaborated with Neil Gaiman on Coraline,The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish and The Wolves in the Wall, as well as the Newbery Medal-winning The Graveyard Book. Dave McKean has also illustrated Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck Cookbook and directed two feature films, MirrorMask and Luna.

Industry Reviews

"Strangeness also saturates David Almond's graphic-novel collaboration with Dave McKean Blurring the boundaries between text and image, child and adult, life and afterlife, Almond and McKean create a sense of the meeting point between the human and sublime." * The Guardian *
"In the arresting style of their earlier collaborations, McLean's visuals give life to the dark, otherworldly soul of Almond's short story." * The Bookseller, Children's March Previews *
"Each page is a work of art...Combining the demotic and the lyrical, Almond continues to mine the language and circumstances of his own youth, and to reveal the weighty emotional and spiritual moments of young lives." * Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week *
"DAVID ALMOND'S brilliant books explore powerful emotions of grief and hope, the balance between the ordinary and extraordinary, reality and the supernatural. In this stunning graphic story, created with longtime collaborator Dave McKean, he draws on the death of his own baby sister, Barbara, when Almond was just seven... Set against the backdrop of Almond's beloved Tyneside terraced streets, with troubled priests, footballing youths and broken families, the thought-provoking tale is brought vividly to life by McKean's powerful illustrations." * Sally Morris, The Daily Mail *
"...a wonderfully immersive tale, told with David Almond's trademark melancholy grit and wit." * Financial Times *

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