This is a wonderfully eerie and magical story about believing in something extra special and why it may make a difference. It’s full of happiness and sadness but ultimately it’s incredibly fulfilling. Winner of the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year as well as a string of international prizes.
A favourite of Michael Rosen: "Brings magical realism to working-class North-east England."
This is a wonderfully eerie and magical story about believing in something extra special and why it may make a difference. It’s full of happiness and sadness but ultimately it’s incredibly fulfilling.
'Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange life-affirming tale exercises every muscle of the imagination' The Guardian
Winner of the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year as well as a string of international prizes.
The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today has been adapted into a play by the author. Skellig The Play was directed by Trevor Nunn and performed by an all-star cast at the National Theatre in 2002. When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.One Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the ramshackle garage of his new home and finds something magical. A strange creature - human? beast? bird? angel? - a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health.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 for ever . . .
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A GREAT TALE
A mysterious tale of an angel with Arthur Itis (Arthritis), a next door neighbour who doesn't go to school and a boy with a dying sister.... Read Full Review
The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today has been adapted into a play by the author. Skellig The Play was directed by Trevor Nunn and performed by an all-star cast at the National Theatre in 2002.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Skellig and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-14 years old
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Skellig was written by David Almond and published by Hodder Children's Books an imprint of Hachette Children's Group
Skellig has 118 pages
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