Skellig Paperback - 2000
by David Almond
This multi-awarding winning and critically acclaimed novel is about a ten-year-old boy who finds the body of a strange beast amid the spider webs and dead flies in his crumbling garage. He and his new friend carry they create into the light. Michael's world changes forever, as he learns about nature, poetry, and the healing power of love.
From the rear cover
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic, and Dr. Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then one day he steps into the crumbling garage.
What is this thing beneath the spiderwebs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen before? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend Mina. Together they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever.
Told in lyrical prose, Skellig is a mystery, an adventure, and a family story, in which Michael learns about nature, poetry, and the healing power of love.From the jacket flap
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic, and Dr. Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then one day he steps into the crumbling garage.
What is this thing beneath the spiderwebs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen before? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend Mina. Together they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever.
Told in lyrical prose, Skellig is a mystery, an adventure, and a family story, in which Michael learns about nature, poetry, and the healing power of love.Details
- Title Skellig
- Author David Almond
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yearling Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-09-12
- ISBN 9780440416029 / 0440416027
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6 in (19.05 x 12.95 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 490
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Themes
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Library of Congress subjects England, Angels
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Booklist, 05/01/2001, Page 1610
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