The beautiful & haunting novel that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness Michael's world seems suddenly lonely & uncertain Then one Sunday afternoon he stumbles into the old ramshackle garage of his new home & 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 & as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister Michael's world changes for ever Skellig won the Carnegie Medal & the Whitbread Children's Book Award & is now a major Sky 1 feature film starring Tim Roth & John Simm David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award Powerful & moving
- The Guardian This newly jacketed edition celebrates 15 years of this multi-award-winning novel