Skellig
by:
David Almond (author)
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...
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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...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780340716007 (0340716002)
Publish date: August 11th 1998
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Pages no: 170
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Paranormal,
Academic,
School,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Magical Realism,
Angels,
Fiction
This book is beautiful. I remember seeing it around when I was at school, and I wish I'd taken the time to read it back then. What I find unique about the writing is that although it seems quite simple, the description and imagery makes everything so real and makes you feel as if you're really there...
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage. . . . What is this thing beneath the spiders' webs and dead flies? A human...
One of my favorites from childhood and one of the only times I beat Ama to reading a book (she gave this to me on my birthday two or three years after I'd read it the first time). It seemed like a different book this time around. I think I was just noticing different things (I thought the Persepho...
I really loved this book. Well written and not very predictable... a quick read too.
A wonderful novel -- one that isn't hampered by its being written for a YA audience. The story of a boy who moved into a new home while his family grappled with his newborn sister's fight to survive, Almond takes a fairly depressing story and drops in remarkable characters in the form of a neighbor ...
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