Skellig
- Author David Almond
- Narrator David Almond
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Run Time 3 hours and 30 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods and feelings, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family).
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What to expect
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 for ever . . .
Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award and is now a major Sky1 feature film, starring Tim Roth and John Simm. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.
(P) Hodder Children's Books 1999
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 for ever . . .
Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award and is now a major Sky1 feature film, starring Tim Roth and John Simm. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.
(P) Hodder Children's Books 1999
Critics Review
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Lyrical, innovative and unforgettably moving.
Sunday Express (Cressida Cowell) -
Lyrical, innovative and moving…unforgettably moving
Sunday Express -
The book I wish I’d written is Skellig by David Almond. Almond’s book has a great sense of the mysterious; we are left with a sense of wonder. I wish that I had written it!
Books For Keeps -
This modern classic has been reissued in a beautiful 15th anniversary edition
The Sunday Telegraph -
An exquisitely crafted book with a mystical core
The Daily Telegraph -
The sort of children’s book that makes adults find excuses to read more of them
Times Educational Supplement
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