Iowa Teen Award
2003 · Young Adult · Nominee
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Man, bird, or angel? Who or what is Skellig?
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic, and Dr. Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then one day he steps into the crumbling garage.
What is this thing beneath the spiderwebs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen before? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend Mina. Together they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever.
Told in lyrical prose, Skellig is a mystery, an adventure, and a family story, in which Michael learns about nature, poetry, and the healing power of love.
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic, and Dr. Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then one day he steps into the crumbling garage.
What is this thing beneath the spiderwebs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen before? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend Mina. Together they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever.
Told in lyrical prose, Skellig is a mystery, an adventure, and a family story, in which Michael learns about nature, poetry, and the healing power of love.
Awards
Garden State Teen Book Award
2002 · Fiction (Grades 6-8) · Winner
Young Reader's Choice Award
2002 · Grades 7-9 · Nominee
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2001 · Children's Book · Nominee
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2001 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Michael L. Printz Award
2000 · Young Adult · Honor Book
Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007)
1999 · Silver · Winner
L.A. Times Book Prize
1999 · Young Adult Literature · Finalist
Costa Book Award
1998 · Children's · Winner
Carnegie Medal
1998 · Children's · Winner
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