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Skellig is a children's novel by the British author David Almond, published by Hodder in 1998. It was the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and it won the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association , recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British author. [ 3 ]
Skellig (also known as Skellig: The Owl Man) is a 2009 British fantasy television film directed by Annabel Jankel and starring Tim Roth in the title role. The screenplay by Irena Brignull is based on David Almond 's novel of the same name .
David Almond (born 15 May 1951) is a British author who has written many novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim. He is one of thirty children's writers, and one of three from the UK, to win the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award .
My Name Is Mina is a 2010 children's novel by David Almond. It is a prequel to Skellig and is about Mina, a homeschooled girl who lives across the road from the house that Michael's family moves into at the beginning of Skellig. The novel takes the form of a stream of consciousness journal. It is written in a way that shows us Mina's opinions.
Skellig is a 1998 children's novel by David Almond. Skellig may also refer to: Arts and entertainment. Skellig, a 2009 film based on the novel; ...
In 2008, it was reissued in the Puffin Classics series with an introduction by David Almond (the author of Clay, Skellig, Kit's Wilderness, and The Fire-Eaters), [2] and the original illustrations by Lotte Reiniger.
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According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Skellig received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 87 out of 100 from four critic scores. [4] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic James Christopher Monger writing that this album is "a notable departure from the folktronica neo-soul" in Gray's previous work and while it "bears the hallmarks of ...