![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Truly original, mysterious and affecting … Almond treads with delicate certainty, and the result is something genuine and true. “Touched with a visionary intensity, this strange, hugely readable and life-affirming tale exercises every muscle of the imagination.” Guardian Is it good? Or maybe evil? What is Skellig’s miraculous secret? Can it help him to breathe life back into his sister and stick his broken world together again? Winner of the Carnegie Medal, this hypnotic modern classic shimmers with magic and wonder. But one day he stumbles into the ramshackle garage of their new home and finds something magical: a strange creature, part owl, part angel. As his parents spend their days at the hospital, his life seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Michael’s baby sister is sick, maybe dying. ![]()
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