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A review by ankim
Skellig by David Almond
4.0
The best part about this book is the fact that the children sound and act, amazingly, like children. Even though Mina came precariously close to setting off my "unrealistic and abnormally precocious child" alert, Michael's dialogue and thoughts and worries are so refreshingly those of a 12 years old.
My favorite parts are when Michael has a conversation with a sympathetic teacher who expresses warmth and compassion about his family's situation, and in response he runs off and rejoins his friends and executes a crazy football maneuver, somehow expressing his feelings better than any inner monologue.
My favorite parts are when Michael has a conversation with a sympathetic teacher who expresses warmth and compassion about his family's situation, and in response he runs off and rejoins his friends and executes a crazy football maneuver, somehow expressing his feelings better than any inner monologue.