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Skellig (1998) (edit title/settings)

by David Almond (Author) (edit contributors)

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Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage and encounters a strange being who changes his world forever.

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Man, bird, or angel? Who or what is Skellig?
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic, and Dr. Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then one day he steps into the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Man, bird, or angel? Who or what is Skellig?
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic, and Dr. Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then one day he steps into the crumbling garage.
What is this thing beneath the spiderwebs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen before? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend Mina. Together they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever.
Told in lyrical prose, Skellig is a mystery, an adventure, and a family story, in which Michael learns about nature, poetry, and the healing power of love.

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  • Popular Highlights from Kindle Customers
  • “Sometimes we think we should be able to know everything. But we can’t. We have to allow ourselves to see what there is to see, and we have to imagine.”
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  • “ ‘Love is the child that breathes our breath/Love is the child that scatters death.’ ”
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  • “ ‘How can a bird that is born for joy/Sit in a cage and sing?’ William Blake.”
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  • “Drawing makes you look at the world more closely. It helps you to see what you’re looking at more clearly.
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  • “We can’t know. Sometimes we just have to accept there are things we can’t know.
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  • “The kind of thing William Blake saw. He said we were surrounded by angels and spirits. We must just open our eyes a little wider, look a little harder.”
    Highlighted by 4 Kindle customers
  • “They say that shoulder blades are where your wings were, when you were an angel,” she said. “They say they’re where your wings will grow again one day.”
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  • “William Blake used to faint sometimes,” said Mina. “He said the soul was able to leap out of the body for a while, and then leap back again. He said it could be caused by great fear or enormous pain. Sometimes it was because of too much joy. It was possible to be overwhelmed by the presence of so much beauty in the world.”
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  • “My mother educates me,” she said. “We believe that schools inhibit the natural curiosity, creativity, and intelligence of children. The mind needs to be opened out into the world, not shuttered down inside a gloomy classroom.”
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  • “I love the night,” said Mina. “Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.”
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I FOUND HIM IN THE GARAGE ON A Sunday afternoon.

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This is book 690 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Composition, and followed by Just Annoying.

This is book 14 of 95 in Estrela do Mar. (community list)

Preceded by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and followed by No Reino do Sonho.

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  1. David Almond (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Yearling
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1998
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Page Count: 192

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