description: 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: English
title: Skellig
titlecomplete: Skellig
characters: baby sister, Skellig, Michael, Mina
genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, School, Novels, Angels, Magical Realism, Fiction, Fantasy, Family
ratings_count: 27320
series: Skellig
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Children's Book of the Year, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: North East Teenage Book Award, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Galaxy