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Skellig is a novel by David Almond about a boy who finds a decrepit Winged Humanoid living in a dark corner of the garage of the house his family has just moved into. It received the Carnegie Medal in 1998.

In 2009, it was adapted into a TV movie starring Tim Roth as Skellig, Bill Milner (Son of Rambow) as Michael, and John Simm and Kelly Macdonald as Michael's parents.

This book/movie provides examples of:

• Angel Unaware: Skellig, maybe.
• Magic Realism
• Our Angels Are Different: If Skellig is an angel, he's certainly very different from what you'd expect.
• Who Wants to Live Forever?: Skellig says he is as old as the earth, and has utterly given up on life, but is unable to die.
• Winged Humanoid: Skellig

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Carnegie Medal

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Sisters... No Way!

Children's Literature

Skulduggery Pleasant

Sisters... No Way!

Young Adult Literature

The Skinjacker Trilogy