David Almond is one of the most exciting and innovative authors writing for children and young people today. Since the publication of his award-winning first book, Skellig (1998...
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Age in David Almond’s Oeuvre
Vanessa Joosen; Michelle Anya Anjirbag; Leander Duthoy; Lindsey Geybels; Frauke Pauwels; Emma-Louise Silva · ISBN 9781032439594
Julkaistu 2023 Kieli englanti sidottu
In recent decades, age studies has started to emerge as a new approach to study children’s literature. This book builds on that scholarship but also significantly extends it by...
Age in David Almond’s Oeuvre
Vanessa Joosen; Michelle Anya Anjirbag; Leander Duthoy; Lindsey Geybels; Frauke Pauwels; Emma-Louise Silva · ISBN 9781032439600
Julkaistu 2024 Kieli englanti nidottu
In recent decades, age studies has started to emerge as a new approach to study children’s literature. This book builds on that scholarship but also significantly extends it by...
Joe has birthday money to spend, and decides a cute dog he’s seen in a pet shop window is the perfect purchase. For some reason, though, the pet shop owner is determined not to...
The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond - a novel of young love and tragedy from the prizewinning author of Skellig'I was born in a hovel on the banks of the Tyne...'Dominic Hall...
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ra...
The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread childre...
In Stoneygate there was a wilderness, an empty space where the coal pit had once been. There, Kit met Askew, with his wild dog Jax. Askew, who ran the game called Death ... A su...
There he was, below the bridge, half-naked, eyes blazing. He had a pair of burning torches. He ran them back and forth across his skin. He sipped from a bottle, breathed across...
With fascination, Davie and his friend Geordie watch the arrival of a new boy, Stephen Rose, in their town. He seems to have come from nowhere, and when he arrives to live with...
When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, r...
There's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It's been there for an age. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. So I'll start right here, right now. I ope...
Award-winning author David Almond reintroduces readers to the perceptive, sensitive Mina before the events of Skellig in this lyrical and fantastical work. My Name is Mina is no...
Liam and his friend Max are playing in their neighborhood when the call of a bird leads them out into a field beyond their town. There, they find a baby lying alone atop a pile...
Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then...
David Almond's Printz Honor-winning novel celebrates its 10th anniversary Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, hi...
Written in haunting, lyrical prose, Kit's Wilderness examines the bonds of family from one generation to the next, and explores how meaning and beauty can be revealed from the d...
Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They're full of mischief, but that all changes when Stephen Rose comes to to...
"We come into the world out of the dark. We haven't got a clue where we've come from. We've got no idea where we're going. But while we're here in the world, if we're brave enou...
Man, bird or angel? Who, or what, is Skellig?Michael was looking forward to moving house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are franti...