DAVID ALMOND grew up in a large family in northeastern England and says, "The place and the people have given me many of my stories." His first novel for children, Skellig, was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book and an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and appeared on many Best Book of the Year lists. He wrote My Name is Mina, the prequel to Skellig. His novel, Kit's Wilderness, won the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. David Almond is a recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives in England. Visit him online at davidalmond.com and on Facebook and follow him @davidjalmond on Twitter.
"Almond's lyrical narrative will sweep readers on a journey to
unearthly, mysterious realms and back."--Publishers Weekly, Starred
Review "Innovative and dreamlike . . . and told in Almond's
distinctive prose. Teen readers of a literary bent and mythology
enthusiasts will love this latest work."--School Library Journal,
Starred Review
"Almond brings his hypnotic lyricism to this darkly romantic tale
that sings of the madness of youth, the ache of love, and the
near-impossibility of grasping death."--Kirkus Reviews ." . .
captures the heady rush of reckless youth. Readers will likely be
transfixed by this rhapsodic modern telling of a classic
tragedy."--Booklist
"Almond's . . . prose seeps into your blood like word venom until
you can't imagine reading anything else."--The Times (London)
"David Almond's books are strange, unsettling wild
things--unfettered by the normal constraints of children's
literature, beyond classification."--The Guardian
"Printz Award-winner Almond delivers another haunting,
intricately-woven piece of literature."--VOYA
"The evocation of the desperate immediacy of adolescence itself . .
. is artfully rendered."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's
Books
"An ode to the mad joy of youth, mortality and love."--Shelf
Awareness
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