The Resource Skellig, by David Almond
Skellig, by David Almond
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The item Skellig, by David Almond represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Skellig, by David Almond represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 182 pages
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain"--verso t.p
- Isbn
- 9780385326537
- Label
- Skellig
- Title
- Skellig
- Statement of responsibility
- by David Almond
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel
- Summary
- Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel
- Award
-
- Carnegie Medal, 1998.
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 1999
- Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Fiction (Grades 6-8), 2002.
- New York Times Notable Children's Book, 1999
- Whitbread Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, 1998.
- School Library Journal Best Books, 1999.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 085224
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Almond, David
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
-
- 490L
- Decoding demand: 87 (very high)
- Semantic demand: 100 (very high)
- Syntactic demand: 74 (high)
- Structure demand: 84 (very high)
- Intended audience source
-
- Lexile
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG+
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
-
- 490
- 490
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 5
- 9
- Reading level
- 3.5
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Strangers
- Angels
- Moving, Household
- Family life
- England
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- Skellig, by David Almond
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain"--verso t.p
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 338407
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385326537
- Lccn
- 98023121 /AC
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780385326537
- (Sirsi) ABS-5783
- Label
- Skellig, by David Almond
- Note
- "First published in Great Britain"--verso t.p
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 338407
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 182 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385326537
- Lccn
- 98023121 /AC
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780385326537
- (Sirsi) ABS-5783
Subject
- Moving, Household -- Fiction
- trueAngels
- Angels -- Fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueClassics
- trueEngland
- England -- Fiction
- trueFamilies -- England
- Family life -- England -- Fiction
- trueFantasy fiction
- trueMoving, Household
- trueSick children
- trueStrangers
- Strangers -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Children's Books: 1999
- trueALA Notable Children's Books: 2000
- trueCarnegie Medal
- trueCosta Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Award): Children's Book Award
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Middle Readers Category: 1999
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 1999
- trueGarden State Teen Book Awards (New Jersey): Fiction (Grades 6-8)
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
- Award
- Carnegie Medal, 1998.
- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 1999
- Award
- Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Fiction (Grades 6-8), 2002.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Children's Book, 1999
- Award
- Whitbread Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, 1998.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 1999.
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