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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