His major awards include the Carnegie Medal. His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. Show Less Product DetailsÄavid Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Counting Stars, The Savage, Island, A Song for Ella Grey, The Colour of the Sun and many other novels, stories, picture books, opera librettos, songs and plays. Powerful and moving - The Guardian This newly jacketed edition celebrates 15 years of this multi-award-winning novel. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award. 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. 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 for ever. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health, while his baby sister languishes in the. A strange creature - part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. The beautiful and 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 and uncertain. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award. The beautiful and haunting novel that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today.
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