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Skellig
Sign in to saveSkellig 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. In 2007, it placed third in the "Carnegie of Carnegies", after Northern Lights and ''Tom's Midnight Garden. In the U.S., it was a runner up for the Michael L. Printz Award, which recognises one work of young adult fiction annually. Since publication, it has also been adapted into a play, an opera, and a film. In December o
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- Author
- David Almond
- First published
- 1998
- Editions
- 44
- Subjects
- Strangers, Fiction, Angels, Family life, Household Moving, Juvenile fiction, Families, Children's fiction
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- Book.name
- Skellig
- Book.image
- File:Skellig cover.jpg
- Book.caption
- First edition
- Book.author
- David Almond
- Book.cover_artist
- Fletcher Sibthorp
- Book.country
- United Kingdom
- Book.language
- English and 30 more
- Book.genre
- Children's fantasy novel, magic realism, fiction
- Book.publisher
- Hodder Children's Books
- Book.pub_date
- 11 August 1998
- Book.media_type
- Print (paperback)
- Book.pages
- 176 pp (first edition)
- Book.isbn
- 0-340-71600-2
- Book.oclc
- 41320835
- Book.congress
- PZ7.A448 Sk 1999
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- 1998-08-11
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11 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Characters
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- Prequel
- Adaptations
- 2003 play
- 2008 opera
- 2009 film
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- References
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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. In 2007, it placed third in the "Carnegie of Carnegies", after Northern Lights and ''Tom's Midnight Garden. In the U.S., it was a runner up for the Michael L. Printz Award, which recognises one work of young adult fiction annually. Since publication, it has also been adapted into a play, an opera, and a film. In December of 2011, a prequel, My Name is Mina'' was published. William Blake's poems feature in the book, the play and the film.
Delacorte Press published the first US edition in 1999.