Michael was looking forward to his new house and neighborhood, until his infant sister became very ill. Now his parents are constantly frantic, the scary doctor is always coming around, and Michael feels helpless. When he goes out into the old rickety garage, he comes across a mysterious being living beneath spider webs and eating flies for dinner. This creature calls himself Skellig, and over the weeks Michael and his new friend Mina bring Skellig out into the light, and their worlds change forever.

Skellig is the winner of the 1998 British Whitbread Award for Children's Literature.

"The plot pivots on the question of what Skellig is.... The beauty here is that there is no answer and readers will be left to wonder and debate, and make up their own minds. A lovingly done, thought-provoking novel."
   SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

"The marvelous and the everyday mix in haunting, memorable ways."
   KIRKUS REVIEWS

"Some of the writing takes one's breath away, especially the scenes in which Almond, without flinching, describes the beauty and the horror that is Skellig."
   BOOKLIST

"I read this luminous novel with a sense of wonder, and it's left an imprint on my mind--and, yes, my heart -- that will not easily, if ever, fade. In fact, I think Skellig deserves that risky adjective -- unforgettable."
   ROBERT CORMIER