Michael moves into a new neighborhood where his house is being remodeled. He meets a mysterious creature in the garage that he cannot identify. His friendship with the creature, named Skellig, and his neighbor Mina are the focus of the story. The story is told from Michael's perspective in first person point of view. There are multiple conflicts, including the baby being sick and Michael trying to figure out what Skellig is and help him.

1. Skellig
By: David Almond
Genre: Mystery

2. Plot Summary
Michael has just moved into a new
neighborhood. His house is undergoing
remodeling and his parents are preoccupied
with the new baby, born prematurely. He
meets a creature in the broken-down garage is
it a bird? A human? Something else? His
friendship with Skellig (the creature), and with
Mina, the girl next door, are the center of the
story

3. Point Of View
This story is told from first
person point of view because
throughout the story “I” is
used told from Michael’s point
of view

4. Conflict
I think there is multiple conflicts in this story
such as the baby being sick, and trying to
figure out what Skellig is and trying to help
him

5. Main Characters
• Michael-described in direct characterization
• Mina-indirect characterization, how Michael
thinks of her
• Skellig-indirect, how Michael thinks of him
• The baby-indirect, how Michael thinks of her

6. Literary Devices
The opening sentence of Skellig foreshadows
Michael finding Skellig later in the book

7. Likes
• Plot
• Setting
• Characters

8. Dislikes
• Ending

9. Recommendations
I would recommend this book to
people my age

10. Websites
• http://theliterarylink.com/skellig.html
• http://www.allreaders.com/topics/info_22339.as
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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellig
• http://books.google.com/books?id=aAEAWlr3qY
8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=skellig&source=bl&
ots=d5Ejln73LE&sig=NIRuV7QWawXzmEBW7gfny
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g&hl=en&ei=qFv0TM2MOoOClAf8xtTDBQ&sa=X
&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFI
Q6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false

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• http://www.bookrags.com/Skellig
• http://johnwatsonsite.com/MyClassNotes/Tex
ts/Skellig/SkelligCh%27n.html