Angel michael verse

The first Skellig adaptation took place in a Newcastle school yard. I visited the school soon after the book came out. I found myself in a class full of children who were surely much too young for the story.

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There they sat, all around me - 50 or so six- and seven-year-olds. They goggled and waited. I quickly outlined the plot: Michael moves with his family to a new home; the place is falling apart; he's left his friends behind; his baby sister's desperately ill and doctor death has come to call.

In the derelict garage Michael discovers a dangerous tramp-like creature who turns out to have wings. I read them a few pages. As I made my escape, two boys rushed forward from the back of the room.

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"That was brilliant, David!" they exclaimed. "We're going to act it out at playtime! I'm Michael, he's Skellig!" And off they ran.

Adaptation is natural to children. They don't recognise the artificial boundaries we draw between fiction and drama, drama