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Skellig 15th Anniversary Edition

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5th September 2013

Price: £12.99

CILIP Carnegie Medal, 1998

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Selected: Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781444914757
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To celebrate 15 year of this internationally successful, multi-award-winning novel, a beautiful clothbound edition, with newly commissioned artwork, and special features:
– essays by David Almond on the conception and writing of Skellig
– exclusive first UK publication of the short story that links Skellig with Mina
– the poetry of Skellig – two complete William Blake poems
Skellig: a life – how the novel has transcended the page to become an opera and a film.

When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister’s illness, Michael’s world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage, and 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, and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael’s world changes for ever . . .

Reviews

tBk Mag
A modern classic and this edition is one to treasure.
Vantage
This mystical novel is an ideal read for early teens, whilst also gripping adults alike.
Big Issue
A story full of heart and magic and big confusing emotions, elegantly told by a master craftsman. A perfect piece of art.
School Librarian
Sublime. A book to re-read over and over, yet never loses a smidgen of wonder. Essential... one of the great novels.
Magnet Magazine
A short, fun, exciting read with twists and turns, suspense and mysteries.
Sunday Express (Cressida Cowell)
Lyrical, innovative and unforgettably moving.
The Sunday Telegraph
This modern classic has been reissued in a beautiful 15th anniversary edition.
Cressida Cowell, Sunday Express
Lyrical, innovative and moving...unforgettably moving
Joseph Delaney, Books For Keeps
The book I wish I'd written is Skellig by David Almond. Almond's book has a great sense of the mysterious; we are left with a sense of wonder. I wish that I had written it!
Lorna Bradbury, The Sunday Telegraph
This modern classic has been reissued in a beautiful 15th anniversary edition
The Daily Telegraph
An exquisitely crafted book with a mystical core
Times Educational Supplement
The sort of children's book that makes adults find excuses to read more of them
Liz Lightfoot, The Daily Telegraph
Hard to put down
Nick Hornby, The Times
Refusing to read this book on the grounds that you are not a child makes as much sense as refusing to read crime fiction because you are not a criminal. A deep and lovely book.
The Sunday Telegraph
An exquisite book
i (The Independent)
Brings Magical Realism to working-class Northeast England
Lucy Christopher, Big Issue (london)
A story full of heart and magic and big confusing emotions, elegantly told by a master craftsman. A perfect piece of art
The Guardian
Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange, hugely readable and life-affirming tale exercises every muscle of the imagination
Newcastle Journal
Humorous, heart-stopping and haunting...an emotional roller-coaster of a read with a cliff-hanger of a conclusion. Inspired and inspiring.
The Daily Mail
A visionary story...a lyrical, magical kind of book which can be read on many different levels
The Times
Voted Carnegie Medal's Number one Top Book of the past 70 years
Gill Harvey, The Big Issue
I can't eat a chinese takeaway without thinking about this strange and beautiful book about an angel who seems to have lost his way.
The Guardian
A bookshelf essential.
The Observer
Deservedly popular
Guardian.co.uk
Powerful and moving
Western Morning News
A beautiful story which will enchant young and old alike
The Daily Telegraph
A modern classic Listed as on the of the 100 Best Children's Books Ever (Novels)
Junior Reviewer Conor Neison, aged 12, Evening Echo (Cork)
One of those books that you can't put down