Skellig is a fantasy book written by David Almond. Skellig was written in 1968. My Favorite quote from the book was,
‘I was sure I saw for a second the ghostly image of her wings’,
because I thought it was a good quote for an ending because wings reminded me of Skellig having wings.
This book has many different meanings. Skellig was based in a new house where Micheal and his family moved, with a shed where a strange person lived with wings called the Skellig. This book is a story about a mythical creature called the Skellig that Micheal found in his abandoned shed. Michael gets Skellig something called number 27 and 53 from the Chinese’s menu. Skellig is dying but Michal needs him to save and help his baby sister.
Michal was a boy who had a mum and a dad that were really stressed because they had a baby with a disease and had a new house to work in. The theme of the Skellig is overcoming stress and fears. Children would enjoy this book because it has a lot of twist and turns and is weird in a way that makes it fun to read. I enjoyed it because it was a weird fantasy that has a beast creature person that is funny, and I liked how Skellig memorized his order 27 and 53 and the fact it was full of mysteries.
Skellig was full of emotions from happy to sad it made me laugh when Skellig tripped other the stone on the way to new hideout and I was sad when I read that the baby was in hospital. I think David Almond achieved making this sort of strange book. This book also reminded me of the enchanted woods because of the wondering what comes next and all sorts of mythical creatures. I rate it 4/5.
Neil P6
