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| Title | : | Skellig (Skellig #1) |
| Author | : | David Almond |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe 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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Paperback | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 3.8 | 21397 Users | 2319 Reviews
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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.
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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) |
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Ratings: 3.8 From 21397 Users | 2319 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books Skellig (Skellig #1)
It's hard to be a cynic, much less a hatah when you have something pure like this. This may not be my favorite book, but I can't say that I didn't enjoy giving up a few hours on a Wednesday night to visit Michael's world.When I was little and told to say my prayers (by hypocritical lapsed catholics, by the way) I would start by asking that my family be safe (yeah, that didn't work out so well now, did it?) and then hit the trivial things like asking that Jimmy Watts would notice me or maybe my2.5 starsThis was just weird. It's very difficult to rate because it's just so strange, so I'm rating it based on how much I enjoyed it, which was not very much. Aside from Mina, none of the characters were very likeable, and I didn't get the whole angel thing, plus the writing was dull. Not recommended.
im no teen, so i cant adequately judge this. it seems more interesting than some of the teen fiction books out back when i was wee, but more like a fable or a fairy tale than a full length novel. not a waste of an hour and a half....
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
Check out this review on my blog - Random Melon Reads 6.258965 starsI first read Skellig a number of years ago and instantly fell in love with it. I was fortunate enough to not have the story pushed on me at school and instead find it on my own after leaving school. I now read it at least once every year. It is by far one of my all time favourite stories ever. The past couple of reads have been listening to the audiobook during my daily walks/train journeys and its just delightful.Skellig is, on
I 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
I have to say if you asked me last week whether I had read Skellig by David Almond I would have looked at you blankly for a bit and then said Well, I have a feeling I read it in primary school. No, I definitely did. But I cant really remember what happens in it.I realise that that kind of means that I saw it as forgettable but please bear in mind it was about thirteen years ago and I have a horrible memory for books. Seriously, I can forget my favourite books that Ive only just put down and that
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