{"product_id":"skellig","title":"Skellig","description":"Product Description\n\n\nWhen a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, 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 forever . . .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. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.\n\n\nReview\n\n\nLyrical, innovative and unforgettably moving. ―\nSunday Express (Cressida Cowell)\n\nLyrical, innovative and moving...unforgettably moving -- Cressida Cowell ―\nSunday Express\n\nThe 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! -- Joseph Delaney ―\nBooks For Keeps\n\nThis modern classic has been reissued in a beautiful 15th anniversary edition -- Lorna Bradbury ―\nThe Sunday Telegraph\n\nAn exquisitely crafted book with a mystical core ―\nThe Daily Telegraph\n\nThe sort of children's book that makes adults find excuses to read more of them ―\nTimes Educational Supplement\n\nHard to put down -- Liz Lightfoot ―\nThe Daily Telegraph\n\nRefusing 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. -- Nick Hornby ―\nThe Times\n\nAn exquisite book ―\nThe Sunday Telegraph\n\nBrings Magical Realism to working-class Northeast England ―\ni (The Independent)\n\nA story full of heart and magic and big confusing emotions, elegantly told by a master craftsman. A perfect piece of art -- Lucy Christopher ―\nBig Issue (london)\n\nTouched with a visionary intensity, this strange, hugely readable and life-affirming tale exercises every muscle of the imagination ―\nThe Guardian\n\nHumorous, heart-stopping and haunting...an emotional roller-coaster of a read with a cliff-hanger of a conclusion. Inspired and inspiring. ―\nNewcastle Journal\n\nA visionary story...a lyrical, magical kind of book which can be read on many different levels ―\nThe Daily Mail\n\nVoted Carnegie Medal's Number one Top Book of the past 70 years ―\nThe Times\n\nI can't eat a chinese takeaway without thinking about this strange and beautiful book about an angel who seems to have lost his way. -- Gill Harvey ―\nThe Big Issue\n\nA bookshelf essential. ―\nThe Guardian\n\nDeservedly popular ―\nThe Observer\n\nPowerful and moving ―\nGuardian.co.uk\n\nA beautiful story which will enchant young and old alike ―\nWestern Morning News\n\n\nA modern classicListed as on the of the 100 Best Children's Books Ever (Novels) ―\nThe Daily Telegraph\n\nOne of those books that you can't put down -- Junior Reviewer Conor Neison, aged 12 ―\nEvening Echo (Cork)\n\n. . . gripping, beautiful and brilliantly written . . . Everyone is raving about this unforgettable book. ―\nThe Sunday Times\n\nTouched with a visionary intensity, this strange, hugely readable and life-affirming tale exercises every muscle of the imagination. ―\nThe Guardian\n\nA stunning debut . . . An extraordinary book. ―\nThe Sunday Telegraph\n\nthe most lyrical children's author now writing ―\nThe Guardian\n\n'Truly original, mysterious and affecting . . . Almond treads with delicate certainty, and the result is something genuine and true' ―\nPhilip Pullman, The Guardian\n\n'Tremendously innovative, highly original and very moving.' ―\nMelvin Burgess\n\n'it's a wonderfully original and beautifully written story and, oddest of all for a children's book, it manages to address the unlikely theme of spirituality with beguiling delicacy.' ―\nThe Irish Time","brand":"Hodder Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39667996917845,"sku":"9780340997048N","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/12b9efc4-aeaf-4722-8c47-3bbd75e65981.jpg?v=1644300151","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/skellig","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}