When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's w
orld seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumble
s 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 h
e is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to hea
lth, while his baby sister languishes in the hospital. But Skellig is far more t
han he at first appears, and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sist
er, Michael's world changes for ever ...Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the W
hitbread Children's Book Award and is now a major Sky1 feature film, starring Ti
m Roth and John Simm. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian And
ersen award.
