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Skellig
- Author
- Almond, David, 1951-
- Title
- Skellig / by David Almond.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Published
- New York : Delacorte Press, 1999.
- Description
- 182 pages ; 22 cm
- URL
- <Sample text> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random041/98023121.html <Contributor biographical information> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/98023121.html <Publisher description> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random042/98023121.html
- Notes
- Prequel: My name is Mina. "First published in Great Britain"--Title page verso.
- Summary
- Young readers will by enchanted by this magical tale of friendship and family: Michael was looking forward to his new house and neighborhood, until his infant sister became very ill. Now his parents are constantly frantic, the scary doctor is always coming around, and Michael feels helpless. When he goes out into the old rickety garage, he comes across a mysterious being living beneath spider webs and eating flies for dinner. This creature calls himself Skellig, and over the weeks Michael and his new friend Mina bring Skellig out in to the light, and their worlds change forever.
- Target audience
- Middle School. 490 Lexile.
- Awards
- Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, 1998. Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 2000, ALA Notable Children's Book, 2000. Carnegie Medal winner, 1998
- Subject headings
- Strangers--Juvenile fiction. Angels--Juvenile fiction. Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction. Families--England--Juvenile fiction. England--Juvenile fiction.
- Genre heading
- Young adult fiction. Children's stories. Fictional Work Fiction. Juvenile works. Fantasy fiction. Fiction. Dust jackets (Binding) 1999. Romans.
- ISBN
- 038532653X 9780385326537 9780440229087 0440229081 9780440416029 0440416027 9781413148527 1413148522