Skellig

This is a 100-word book review.

Skellig by David Almond is a story about friendship, love, and family. Ten-year-old Michael recounts his discovery of a mysterious creature living in a garage of the rundown property his family has just purchased. The creature is in a sorry state. Michael then meets his neighbor, Mina, an imaginative home-schooled girl who loves William Blake’s poetry and possesses a vast knowledge of birds. They become friends and Michael shows Mina the stranger he had found—they wonder if it’s a human or beast. They find out his name is Skellig and together they nurse him back to health. Just who is this Skellig?