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Skellig: TV Tie-In Book

Michael can feel his sick baby sister's heart beating inside him, and as long as he can feel it he knows she is alive. But as her condition becomes life-threatening and the family faces the nightmare of an operation to save her life, Michael turns to his new friend Mina and the strange being, Skellig, who has been living beneath the crumbling garage at the family's new home. In this most delicate and tender story of a young boy living in fear of death and coming to terms with life, you can almost touch the indefinable magic that Skellig--part owl, part human, part everything and nothing--brings to Michael's unsettled world. With the gentle touch of an angel's breath, Almond, in his first novel for children, lets his characters think, feel and believe without overwhelming sentimentality. A dream of a book to touch even the hardest of hearts. --Susan HarrisonRead More

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    Michael's world after his family moves house seems lonely and frightening, when his new baby sister is fighting for her life in hospital. Then he discovers something - a creature in the crumbling garage, and nothing is ever the same. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award. ALSO AVAILABLE AS UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOKS ON TAPE AND CD, READ BY THE AUTHOR

  • TheBookPeople

    15 years after its release and David Almond's fantastical Skellig still retains its place as one of the great children's books of the past two decades. Telling the story of Michael and how his life changes when his baby sister falls drastically ill after moving into a new house, the book finds a strange part-owl, part-angel creature in need of Michael's help to survive.Along with his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health and attempts to breathe life into his tiny sister. A beautiful cloth-bound hardback edition to mark the 15th anniversary, this version includes essays by David Almond about the concept and writing of the novel, an exclusive short story that links Skellig and Mina, two complete William Blake poems and an overview of the book's history and success as both an opera and a film.David Almond's Skellig has been chosen as a World Book Night book for 2015.This children's book has been hand-picked for you by Red House.

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    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.

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    Skellig : Paperback : Hachette Children's Group : 9780340997048 : 0340997044 : 19 Mar 2009 : Michael's world after his family moves house seems lonely and frightening, when his new baby sister is fighting for her life in hospital. Then he discovers something - a creature in the crumbling garage, and nothing is ever the same. Winner of the Carnegie Medal, Whitbread Award and Hans Christian Andersen Award 2010.

  • 0340997044
  • 9780340997048
  • David Almond
  • 19 March 2009
  • Hodder Children's Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 176
  • UK ed.
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