A glorification of imagination. David Almond has created a novel that will excite, astound and inspire adults and children alike.
English Association Journal
Incredibly moving.
Sunday Express
Almond promotes and celebrates freedom for children and their thinking in this lyrical book about growing up.
Guardian (Julia Eccleshare)
A sensational meditation on creativity and the ... Read morepower of words.
The Daily Telegraph
'A celebration of the richness of the everyday world... to read it is to feel uplifted.'
Sunday Times
The creative way Mina uses words to explore her dreams and ideas will inspire anyone who's ever kept a diary.
Alice, 17, Dorset
A standalone exploration of a child's relationship with language, ideas and living things... the reader is with her all the way.
Observer
A remarkable and thought-provoking prequel.
INIS
This is a novel of power and beauty.
The Daily Telegraph
superb coming-of-age novel from one of our master story-tellers.
Bookseller
One of these days, someone is going to notice that David Almond has been kidnapped by children's publishing and demand him back for adults. But until then, we must rejoice in every new offering of his.
Sunday Telegraph
David Almond's novels all have a unique, mystical thread running through them. He weaves a story web, spiderlike, that holds the reader spellbound while he spins new though-threads on universal themes.
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BACKLIST REVIEWS: 'a book of startling quality and tremendous beauty'
The Bookbag
'exquisite prose which sparkles off the page'
Writeaway
'... exceptional, delicate writing ... make a moving and thoughtful story told with exceptional elegance.'
Julia Eccleshare
Unsettling but, as ever, beautifully written.
Daily Mail
'Another brilliant novel from a master storyteller.'
Carousel
David Almond is a fine writer, one of the very finest we have. He is simply incapable of writing a bad sentence.
Michael Morpurgo
Almond manages to make a work of art out of the simplest words.
Amanda Craig, The Times
a writer of subtle, page-turning and daring exactness.
Times Educational Supplement
There really is nobody quite like Almond writing in children's or adults' fiction today.
The Times
Intensely moving, this is a profoundly uplifting expression of joy, imagination and consciousness. Absolutely brilliant
The Newcastle Journal
a master novelist
Independent
One of the stand-out novels of the year.
The Bookseller
A truly remarkable book. A extraordinary masterpiece.
School Librarian
A joyous celebration of what it means to be young and alive and enquiring.
Times Educational Supplement
Almond promotes and celebrates freedom for children and their thinking in this lyrical book about growing up.
The Guardian
Almond's chatty, informal and unique writing is different from anything you have read by him before.
Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle
A sensational meditation on creativity and the power of words. A must for any budding writer.
The Daily Telegraph
Another gem from this award-winning author.
INIS (Ireland)
A poignant, heart-warming novel fuelled by Almond's generosity of spirit and his endorsement of childhood's individuality and quirkiness.
Books for Keeps
A pitch-perfect prequel to Skellig. A gloriously rich, multi-layered novel.
Ham & High
A rare and beautiful novel.
The Scotsman
A celebration of the richness of the everyday world and to read it is to feel uplifted.
The Sunday Times
A skillful, affecting and impassioned book.
The Times
A wonderful book. It is joyous. Thank you, David Almond; I cannot remember when a book filled me with such claminosity.
Marcus Sedgewick
Guardian.co.uk
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