But then he meets the unusual Mina, home-schooled and a loner, a girl who quotes William Blake and knows everything there is to know about birds.
Michael’s parents are distracted because his new baby sister is gravely ill and this adds to his feelings of isolation and loneliness. It’s written in first person viewpoint of a young boy, Michael who is unhappy when his family moves to a ramshackle house in a new neighbourhood. Skellig(1998) was British author, David Almond’s first story for children. So why this particular book? Is it the beautifully designed cover in tones of blue, white, black and fawn shafts of light and movement? Or maybe the Celtic lure of its title, or the intriguing blurb on the back cover? Or is it the magic of the story itself? It’s had to be replaced at least three times. There’s a book that keeps disappearing from its spot on the A-J shelves of our local high school library.Ī small novel that somehow has been smuggled through the security bars at the library exit.
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