Skellig
TV Tie-In
(Sprache: Englisch)
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.
Then, one Sunday...
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.
Then, one Sunday...
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The beautiful and haunting novel that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of todayWhen 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 for ever . . .
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.
Autoren-Porträt von David Almond
David 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. His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. His major awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Awards, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Michael L Printz Award (USA), Le Prix Sorcières (France) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. In 2010 he won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world's most prestigious prize for children's authors. David speaks at festivals and conferences around the world. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, inspirational and innovative children's authors writing today. He has one amazing daughter. He lives in Bath and in Newcastle, the city in which he was born.
www.davidalmond.com
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Almond
- TV tie in ed, 176 Seiten, Maße: 12,8 x 19,5 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN-10: 0340997044
- ISBN-13: 9780340997048
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.03.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
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... gripping, beautiful and brilliantly written ... Everyone is raving about this unforgettable book. -- The Sunday Times Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange, hugely readable and life-affirming tale exercises every muscle of the imagination. -- The Guardian A stunning debut ... An extraordinary book. -- The Sunday Telegraph the most lyrical children's author now writing -- The Guardian 'Truly original, mysterious and affecting ... Almond treads with delicate certainty, and the result is something genuine and true' -- Philip Pullman, The Guardian 'Tremendously innovative, highly original and very moving.' -- Melvin Burgess '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.' -- The Irish Times 'His characters are proper, complex portraits of children that don't succumb to the gender clich?s prevalent in children's fiction.' -- The Irish Times 'A deep and lovely book' -- The Times 'A bookshelf essential.' -- The Guardian A beautifully told modern fairytale. -- Observer
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