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The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award. 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. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.Powerful and moving - The Guardian This newly jacketed edition celebrates 20 years of this multi-award-winning novel.
CONTRIBUTORS: David Almond
EAN: 9780340944950
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 163 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Hachette Children's Group
DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-09-05
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GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings
WIDTH: 132 cm
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For primary education, For advanced / upper secondary education, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 (England and Wales), Interest age: from c 10 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Relationships (non-family / groups)
Lyrical, innovative and unforgettably moving., Lyrical, innovative and moving...unforgettably moving, 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!, This modern classic has been reissued in a beautiful 15th anniversary edition, An exquisitely crafted book with a mystical core
David Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Island, Bone Music and many other novels, stories, picture books, opera librettos, songs and plays. His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. His major awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Awards, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Michael L Printz Award (USA), Le Prix Sorcières (France), the Nonino International Prize, the James Kruss Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He has also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world's most prestigious prize for children's authors. In 2021, David was awarded an OBE for services to literature.David speaks at festivals and conferences around the world. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, inspirational and innovative children's authors writing today. He has one amazing daughter. He lives in Newcastle, the city in which he was born.www.davidalmond.com