The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award.When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature...

Nel garage della nuova casa, Michael scopre qualcosa di magico: una creatura, un po’ uomo un po’ uccello, che sembra avere bisogno di aiuto. Si chiama Skellig e adora il cibo cinese e la birra scura. Non sapremo mai di preciso cos’è; c’è del mistero in questa storia, ma va bene così. L’importante per Michael, e per la sua sorellina sospesa tra la vita e la morte in ospedale, è che Skellig ci sia. Come scrive Nick Hornby, Skellig è una storia «meravigliosamente semplice ma anche terribilmen...

When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature - part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health, while his baby sister languishes in the hospital.But Skellig is far more t...

David Almond brings us a joyfully life-affirming and fabulously fishy tale about one boy's journey from anguish to joy.Stan Potts is just an ordinary boy, but when all the jobs in Fish Quay disappear, his uncle develops an extraordinary fascination with canning fish. Suddenly their home is filled with clanging machinery, the stench of mackerel, and an uncle so driven by the business that he would even can Stan's beloved goldfish! But Stan is destined to follow Panc...

David Almond’s Printz Honor–winning novel celebrates its 10th anniversary!Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage. . . . What is this thing beneath the spiders' webs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never before seen? The only person Michael can confide in is his new...

Michael ia se mudar com sua família. Na casa nova, tudo ia ser maravilhoso. Mas a irmãzinha dele adoeceu e os pais já não podiam dar tanta atenção ao menino. Sentindo-se abandonado, ele foi refugiar-se na garagem... O que era aquilo, por baixo das teias de aranha e das moscas mortas? Um ser humano ou um estranho animal? A verdade é que aquela criatura mudou a vida de Michael para sempre. Este livro, cheio de suspense aliado a intensa ternura e lirismo, conta-nos uma bela história de amizad...

The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award.When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature...

«I libri di David Almond sono creature strane, sconvolgenti e selvagge. Liberi dalle gabbie dei libri per ragazzi, vanno oltre ogni classificazione»The Guardian«Questo romanzo racconta una delle storie più antiche e più amate di tutti i tempi, una storia di amore e morte, di buio e di luce, di speranza e di disperazione. È una tragedia che trabocca di gioia. È una storia che ci racconta l'amore e il desiderio, ci dice il perché della poesia e de...

Quando George, un enigmatico ragazzo nuovo, si unisce alla classe di Daniel, tutti pensano che sia parecchio strambo. Ma è bravissimo nel calcio e in matematica, adora i gatti e le patatine. Per Dan e Maxie il calcio e le patatine sono cose che contano parecchio, e presto si affezionano a George, così come gli altri compagni di classe. Con il passare del tempo scoprono che in fondo in fondo lui è proprio come loro, sotto molti aspetti tranne uno: George fa parte di un nuovo ambizioso esper...

A warm and witty tale from a master storyteller, author of Carnegie Medal-winning Skellig and internationally bestseller The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas.Bert and Betty Brown have got themselves a little angel. Bert found him in his top pocket when he was driving his bus.Bert and Betty’s friends think he’s lovely. So do Nancy and Jack and Alice from Class 5K. What a wonder!But Acting Head Teacher Mrs Mole is not so sure. Nor is Professor Smellie. Or t...

David Almond is now known around the world as the author of the novels Skellig, Kit's Wilderness and The Savage. His first two books – Sleepless Nights (1985) and A Kind of Heaven (1997) – were published by Iron Press, a selection of which appears in Nesting alongside two previously unpublished tales. The stories draw deeply from the Tyneside estate of Almond's childhood, exploring the themes that would inform his later work, and displa...

There's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It's been there for an age. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. So I'll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or a beast does, just like life do...