![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Leading with the ominous line ‘I found him in the garage on a Sunday afternoon’, Almond then retreats into the mundane details of Michael moving to a new home along with his parents and baby sister. In David Almond’s award-winning book Skellig, we, along with the main character Michael, slowly uncover an extraordinary secret that will change his life forever.įrom the moment we enter the story, the author illustrates perfectly his skill in keeping his audience on tenterhooks. But what if the line between reality and fantasy was far closer? What if it was in your own back garden? What would you believe? Often children’s fiction provides opportunities for us to be transported to amazing alternative worlds inhabited by magical characters with unlimited powers. ![]()
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