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David Almond

Author of Skellig

51+ Works 9,557 Members 580 Reviews 17 Favorited

About the Author

David Almond was born on May 15, 1951 in the United Kingdom. He writes novels for children and young adults including The Savage, Slog's Dad, My Name Is Mina, The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas, and The Tightrope Walkers. He has received numerous awards including the Carnegie Medal for Skellig, two show more Whitbread Awards, the Michael L. Printz Award for young-adult books for Kit's Wilderness, the Smarties Prize and the Boston Globe Horn Book Award for The Fire-Eaters, the 2015 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for A Song for Ella Grey, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Works by David Almond

Skellig (1998) 3,175 copies
Kit's Wilderness (1999) 1,203 copies
The Fire-Eaters (2003) 486 copies
Heaven Eyes (2000) 478 copies
My Name Is Mina (2010) 474 copies
Click (2007) — Contributor — 456 copies
Clay (2005) 417 copies
The Savage (2008) 342 copies
Raven Summer (2008) 233 copies
My Dad's a Birdman (2007) 216 copies
A Song for Ella Grey (1734) 201 copies
Counting Stars (2000) 197 copies
Secret Heart (2001) 187 copies
Slog's Dad (2010) 122 copies
Mouse Bird Snake Wolf (2013) 111 copies
The Tightrope Walkers (2014) 109 copies
The Tale of Angelino Brown (2017) 70 copies
The Color of the Sun (2018) 68 copies
Joe Quinn's Poltergeist (2019) 62 copies
The Dam (2018) 60 copies
Where Your Wings Were (1999) 49 copies
Kate, the Cat and the Moon (2004) 49 copies
War Is Over (2018) 44 copies
Harry Miller's Run (2015) 37 copies
Island (2017) 33 copies
Brand New Boy (2020) 18 copies
Wild Girl, Wild Boy: A Play (2002) 13 copies
Bone Music (2021) 12 copies
A Way to the Stars (2023) 10 copies
Paper Boat, Paper Bird (2022) 3 copies
A Kind of Heaven (1997) 3 copies
Out of This World (2000) 2 copies
Il sogno del nautilus (2017) 2 copies
Sleepless Nights (1985) 2 copies
Nesting (2013) 1 copy
Un angelo nel taschino (2020) 1 copy
De nieuwe jongen (2021) 1 copy

Associated Works

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1953) — Introduction, some editions — 3,343 copies
Free? Stories About Human Rights (2009) — Contributor — 119 copies
First Light: A celebration of Alan Garner (2016) — Contributor — 29 copies
The National Short Story Prize 2007 (2007) — Author — 10 copies
Red: The Waterstones Anthology (2012) — Contributor — 5 copies

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I received this book from LibraryThing in exchange for a review here and on my blog Samwise Reviews. This was my first time reading a collection of samplers, and it went a little better than I expected. The samples chosen were explained well enough that it didn't feel like I was jumping into the middle of a story unprepared, but they also didn't feel complete like an actual short story. A few of them didn't grab my attention enough to pursue, but others like War is Over, Gold Rush Girl, and Nevertell I was hooked enough that I'll be seeking out the full version.… (more)
 
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Linyarai | Mar 6, 2024 |
Ten-year-old Michael faces more than a child his age should bear, with his family’s move to a house in poor repair and his prematurely born sister’s fight for life. As Michael explores the garage, he encounters a strange creature who changes his life. Is he a man, some sort of beast, or maybe even an angel? Soon Michael’s new friend and neighbor, Mina, shares in the secret.

This is an unexpectedly touching story. Michael’s intense worry for his baby sister manifests in acts of kindness toward the creature in the garage. Old soul Mina is a source of comfort for Michael and understands him in a way that only another child can. The author’s audio narration captures the innocence and awe of these children. My only reservation about this story is the occasional cursing. It would have been out of place in the home I grew up in and among my elementary school classmates.… (more)
 
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cbl_tn | 205 other reviews | Mar 5, 2024 |
I think it took me less than an hour to read this. It's an illustrated short story, really, but it packs quite a punch. It's about a boy dealing with the loss of his father and a horrible bully. Though he says writing down his feelings will never help, he does use writing to cope: he writes a story about a savage.

American kids might be a little thrown by all the British English, but I think the story itself is powerful on a gut level. It's a little dark, and very darkly illustrated, but there's light at the end.… (more)
 
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LibrarianDest | 31 other reviews | Jan 3, 2024 |
Poetic, touching, a little fantastical. I liked the bit about shoulder blades.
 
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