Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. It was all going to be
wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill his parents are frantic and Dr. Death has come to
call. Michael feels helpless. Then one day he steps into the crumbling garage. What is this
thing beneath the spiderwebs and dead flies? A human being or a strange kind of beast never
seen before? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend Mina. Together they carry
the creature out into the light and Michael's world changes forever. Told in lyrical prose
Skellig is a mystery an adventure and a family story in which Michael learns about nature
poetry and the healing power of love.
