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A beautiful audiobook collection of 3 novels by classic childrens author David Almond This collection includes Skellig the haunting novel that launched David Almond as one of the best childrens writers of today Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread childrens book of the Year Award
Skellig
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sisters illness Michaels 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 Michaels 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 than he at first appears and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister Michaels world changes forever
Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Childrens Book Award and is now a major Sky1 feature film starring Tim Roth and John Simm David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award
My Name Is Mina
Theres an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight Its been there for an age I keep on saying that Ill write a journal So Ill 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 cant just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum Ill let my journal grow just like the mind does just like a tree or a beast does just like life does Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line
And so Mina writes and writes in her notebook and here is her journal Minas life in Minas own words her stories and dreams experiences and thoughts her scribbling and nonsense poems and songs Her vivid account of her vivid life In this stunning book David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael before she has met Skellig
Heaven Eyes
In this standalone novel Erin January and Mouse live in a childrens home Whitegates They often dream of escape and frequently journey into the outside world Running away is something they know all about But this time January builds a raft and the three of them head precariously down river Towards the Black Middens This time they might never come back
When they stumble across a disused factory and its strange inhabitants Grampa and Heaven Eyes they wonder if theyll even have the choice Heaven Eyes is the girl who should have drowned at sea The mysterious girl desperately searching for her family hoping that these three might be the family she has lost She has a secret history only Grampa knows And does he trust these three invaders enough to tell them
Erin feels a sisterly responsibility for Heaven Eyes Mouse longs to belong anywhere and anyhow but January thinks Grampas a murderer Whatever happens all three have a part to play
P 2021 Hodder amp Stoughton Limited
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