Skellig

By: David Almond

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Paperback | 19 March 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Paperback
176 Pages

Edition Type
Media tie-in

Age
10 - 13

Grade
5 - 8

Dimensions(cm)
19.8 x 12.8 x 1.2

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When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature - part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health, while his baby sister languishes in the hospital. But Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes forever ...

About the Author

David Almond is twice winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award. His first novel, SKELLIG, won the Whitbread Children's Award and the Carnegie Medal. His second, KIT'S WILDERNESS, won the Smarties Award Silver Medal, was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal, and shortlisted for the Guardian Award. THE FIRE-EATERS won the Whitbread, the Smarties Gold Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. David is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative children's authors writing today, and his books are bestsellers all over the world. He lives with his family in Northumberland.

Industry Reviews

. . . gripping, beautiful and brilliantly written . . . Everyone is raving about this unforgettable book. - The Sunday Times

Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange, hugely readable and life-affirming tale exercises every muscle of the imagination. - The Guardian

A stunning debut . . . An extraordinary book. - The Sunday Telegraph

the most lyrical children's author now writing - The Guardian

Truly original, mysterious and affecting . . . Almond treads with delicate certainty, and the result is something genuine and true - Philip Pullman, The Guardian

Tremendously innovative, highly original and very moving. - Melvin Burgess

it's a wonderfully original and beautifully written story and, oddest of all for a children's book, it manages to address the unlikely theme of spirituality with beguiling delicacy. - The Irish Times

His characters are proper, complex portraits of children that don't succumb to the gender clich?s prevalent in children's fiction. - The Irish Times

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