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| Original Title: | Skellig |
| ISBN: | 0440229081 (ISBN13: 9780440229087) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Skellig #1 |
| Characters: | baby sister, Mina, Michael, Skellig |
| Literary Awards: | Whitbread Award for Children's Book of the Year (1998), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (2000), Zilveren Griffel (2000), Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2000), North East Teenage Book Award Nominee (1999) Carnegie Medal (1998) |
David Almond
Paperback | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 3.8 | 21397 Users | 2319 Reviews
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| Title | : | Skellig (Skellig #1) |
| Author | : | David Almond |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | September 11th 2001 by Laurel Leaf (first published August 11th 1998) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Magical Realism. Novels |
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Well, that was excellent. This book is a brief mouthful of myth and hope and atmosphere. Reasons to read it? 1. There's a magical, irritable man in the narrator's garage. He likes Chinese take out and dead mice. 2. There is a wise and judgmental girl-neighbor who becomes the narrator's best friend. 3. There is no kissing. 4. There is warming family dynamic: the narrator is afraid his sickly baby sister will die. 5. There are teachers and parents and grown-ups who aren't idiots, assholes, or antagonists. 6. Myth! 7. Myth! 8. Myth! Recommended.Rating Appertaining To Books Skellig (Skellig #1)
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I read this about ten years ago now, and Id completely forgotten about how much I loved it at the time. As soon as I picked it up and began reading it again I remembered why. The story of the rebirth of Skellig is a wonderful little tale; it is an allegory for the ever evolving nature of man, and how perhaps he may not have reached his full evolutionary potential. I didnt realise this at the time when I first read because I was only ten, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Therefore, this is a bookI read this book because of its review in one of Nick Hornby's Believer columns. His high praise and its referencing of William Blake sold me. It's an imaginative tale, touching and sweet but not saccharine; simply told, but with lots to think about; and suitable for its target audience of ages 8 to 12, but interesting enough for an adult (me) to keep reading and thinking. Plus I learned some new things about owls.The story reminds me a little bit of something Neil Gaiman might write; but
It's a story full of mystery and also reality of our lives, I enjoyed the story and the way it was written as a teenager and I still love reviewing it...
Well, that was excellent. This book is a brief mouthful of myth and hope and atmosphere. Reasons to read it?1. There's a magical, irritable man in the narrator's garage. He likes Chinese take out and dead mice.2. There is a wise and judgmental girl-neighbor who becomes the narrator's best friend.3. There is no kissing.4. There is warming family dynamic: the narrator is afraid his sickly baby sister will die.5. There are teachers and parents and grown-ups who aren't idiots, assholes, or
Well, that was excellent. This book is a brief mouthful of myth and hope and atmosphere. Reasons to read it?1. There's a magical, irritable man in the narrator's garage. He likes Chinese take out and dead mice.2. There is a wise and judgmental girl-neighbor who becomes the narrator's best friend.3. There is no kissing.4. There is warming family dynamic: the narrator is afraid his sickly baby sister will die.5. There are teachers and parents and grown-ups who aren't idiots, assholes, or
I read this because in one of Nick Hornby's Believer columns he mentioned this was supposed to be the best YA book of all time. I don't know where he got this information, maybe from the ALA or some other three letter group. He gave it a glowing review so I thought I'd read it. My first thought after reading it was that if it had been an adult novel I would have loved it. As a novel it felt more like a very nice sketch of an interesting and magical story than what I would like from a finished
Recently, I wrote about how certain authors just didn't connect with me, even though they are extremely well-reviewed.A variant of this reading phenomenon has occurred in my community with David Almond. Skellig doesn't really go out very much, but I thought it was one of the most extraordinary and lyrical YA novels I'd read in a long time. I also really enjoyed Mouse Bird Snake Wolf, although I think that I am the only person, to date, to have actually checked it out of the library. That's such
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