{"title":"David Almond Books","description":"Buy David Almond Books today at Books 2 Door","products":[{"product_id":"9780340944950","title":"Skellig by David Almond","description":"The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award. When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain. Then, one Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the old, ramshackle garage of his new home, and finds something magical. A strange creature - part owl, part angel, a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health, while his baby sister languishes in the hospital. But Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes for ever . . . Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award. Powerful and moving - The Guardian This newly jacketed edition celebrates 20 years of this multi-award-winning novel.; 176 pages; Published: 05\/09\/2013\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9780340944950\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Children's Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33165835108451,"sku":"9780340944950","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/6874\/1219\/products\/9780340944950.jpg?v=1652560768"},{"product_id":"9781406394689","title":"Brand New Boy by David Almond","description":"Mam, did you think George was, I say, \"a bit ... weird?\"\"Weird? Yes, I suppose so. But you kids are all a bit weird if you ask me. And to tell the truth, it'd be weird if you weren't.\"When a new boy joins the class, everyone thinks he's a bit strange, but he's brilliant at football and loves crisps, and that's all that matters to Dan and Maxie. However, the truth about George is stranger than anyone could have imagined ... and more sinister, too. Can his new pals help him to become truly free?;  320 pages; Published: 03\/02\/2022\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9781406394689\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Walker Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42216265318579,"sku":"9781406394689","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/6874\/1219\/products\/9781406394689.jpg?v=1669897204"},{"product_id":"9781444952926","title":"Bone Music by David Almond","description":"From the bestselling, award-winning David Almond comes a book of hope and joy: under a boundless starry sky, the unforgettable Sylvia Carr finds out what it means to be brave. For readers of Michael Morpurgo and Katherine Rundell, from the author of the beloved Skellig.   She felt like a ghost. She woke in the night. What was that music?Sylvia has never been so far away. Her mother has brought her to this village, this place of silence and dark, endless forest, and she yearns for the city, the bright lights, her friends, even a phone signal.   Late one night she hears the music, a weird jagged spiralling sound. It is played by Gabriel, a troubled, beautiful boy.   Gabriel uses the strangest of flutes, a hollow bone. Play it well enough, he says, and you cross the borders between the living and the dead.   Sylvia knows she'll follow him into the depths of the forest. But will they ever find their way out again?Praise for David Almond:\"A master storyteller.\" Independent\"Spell-binding... impossible to resist... breathless, intoxicating prose. [Almond's] books seem to exist in their own otherworldly universe, outside all the trends in modern publishing, yet resolutely of the now.\" Glasgow Herald \"David Almond's books are strange, unsettling wild things - unfettered by the normal constraints of children's literature. They are, like all great literature, beyond classification.\" Guardian\"[David Almond] is that rare thing - a writer of lucid, mature elegance, who can still see the world through adolescent eyes.\" Daily Telegraph;  208 pages; Published: 02\/09\/2021\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9781444952926\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Children's Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42216306180275,"sku":"9781444952926","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/6874\/1219\/products\/9781444952926.jpg?v=1669896821"},{"product_id":"9781444963274","title":"Paper Boat, Paper Bird by David Almond","description":"A stunning new story from the bestselling, prize-winning David Almond, unfolding the magic of the everyday. Mina, from the unforgettable Skellig and My Name is Mina, journeys to Japan and discovers the wonders of the world around her. Kyoto, Japan. Mina is on a bus. Everything is strange and beautiful. Mina watches as a woman folds a piece of paper into an origami boat, then floats it over to her. As Mina discovers the magic of origami, her eyes are opened to the wonders of the real city around her. Unfold the magic of the everyday, on a journey with one of the world's best-loved authors - with stunning illustrations from Kirsti Beautyman in black and orange throughout.   'A master storyteller.' Independent;  112 pages; Published: 04\/08\/2022\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9781444963274\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Children's Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42216307589299,"sku":"9781444963274","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/6874\/1219\/products\/9781444963274.jpg?v=1669896020"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.books2door.com\/collections\/david-almond\/author_david-almond.oembed","provider":"Books2Door","version":"1.0","type":"link"}