Skellig
by David Almond
Michael and his family move to a new home. Exploring a ramshackle garage with his new-found friend, Mina, he discovers a strange, part-human 'creature'.
Skellig, as the creature likes to be known, is ill-mannered, with questionable personal hygiene, but, persevering in their kindness towards him, Michael and Mina find a bond forms between them that will change their lives forever.
This is an unusual, intriguing and captivating winner of both the 1998 Carnegie Medal and Whitbread Children's Book Award.
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
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David Almond
David Almond is the highly acclaimed author of Skellig, The Savage, Clay, My Name Is Mina, My Dad's a Birdman, Slog's Dad and many other novels, stories and plays. His books are translated into almost forty languages and are widely adapted for stage and screen. His numerous awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Children's Book Awards and Le Prix Sorcieres, and in 2010 he gained the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international prize for children's authors. David lives with his family in Hexham, Northumberland.
http://www.davidalmond.com/
David Almond
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Reading Age: 11+
Interest level: 11-14
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