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 forever . . .
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.
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
ISBN: 9780340997048
Number of pages: 176
Weight: 158 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 20 mm
Lyrical, innovative and unforgettably moving. - Sunday Express (Cressida Cowell)
Lyrical, innovative and moving...unforgettably moving - Cressida Cowell, 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! - Joseph Delaney, Books For Keeps
This modern classic has been reissued in a beautiful 15th anniversary edition - Lorna Bradbury, 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
Hard to put down - Liz Lightfoot, The Daily Telegraph
Refusing to read this book on the grounds that you are not a child makes as much sense as refusing to read crime fiction because you are not a criminal. A deep and lovely book. - Nick Hornby, The Times
An exquisite book - The Sunday Telegraph
Brings Magical Realism to working-class Northeast England - i (The Independent)
A story full of heart and magic and big confusing emotions, elegantly told by a master craftsman. A perfect piece of art - Lucy Christopher, Big Issue (london)
Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange, hugely readable and life-affirming tale exercises every muscle of the imagination - The Guardian
Humorous, heart-stopping and haunting...an emotional roller-coaster of a read with a cliff-hanger of a conclusion. Inspired and inspiring. - Newcastle Journal
A visionary story...a lyrical, magical kind of book which can be read on many different levels - The Daily Mail
Voted Carnegie Medal's Number one Top Book of the past 70 years - The Times
I can't eat a chinese takeaway without thinking about this strange and beautiful book about an angel who seems to have lost his way. - Gill Harvey, The Big Issue
A bookshelf essential. - The Guardian
Deservedly popular - The Observer
Powerful and moving - Guardian.co.uk
A beautiful story which will enchant young and old alike - Western Morning News
A modern classicListed as on the of the 100 Best Children's Books Ever (Novels) - The Daily Telegraph
One of those books that you can't put down - Junior Reviewer Conor Neison, aged 12, Evening Echo (Cork)
. . . gripping, beautiful and brilliantly written . . . Everyone is raving about this unforgettable book. - The Sunday Times
Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange, hugely readable and life-affirming tale exercises every muscle of the imagination. - The Guardian
A stunning debut . . . An extraordinary book. - The Sunday Telegraph
the most lyrical children's author now writing - The Guardian
'Truly original, mysterious and affecting . . . Almond treads with delicate certainty, and the result is something genuine and true' - Philip Pullman, The Guardian
'Tremendously innovative, highly original and very moving.' - Melvin Burgess
'it's a wonderfully original and beautifully written story and, oddest of all for a children's book, it manages to address the unlikely theme of spirituality with beguiling delicacy.' - The Irish Times
'His characters are proper, complex portraits of children that don't succumb to the gender clichés prevalent in children's fiction.' - The Irish Times
'A deep and lovely book' - The Times
'A bookshelf essential.' - The Guardian
A beautifully told modern fairytale. - Observer
I remember reading this book a few years ago for my English coursework... and I remember loving it. I love the storyline and the characters; I think it's a really strong story. I was amazed to find out only a few... More
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Skellig is an amazing book . It gives the reader the information to actually act out the story like it is real . David Almond is a really inspiring author and his boy , he has written a lot of children's books !... More
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