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Ingvild Well, I am very late to the party, but the author actually answered the question of how he arrived at that name, if you're still wondering!

"For most …moreWell, I am very late to the party, but the author actually answered the question of how he arrived at that name, if you're still wondering!

"For most of the time I was writing the book, it was called Mr. Wilson - an awful title, I knew, but I was waiting to come up with the true title. When Michael and Mina have taken Skellig to the boarded-up house, Mina asks (again!) who he is. At that point, I looked up from my computer and saw a book about the Skellig Islands and realized that he (and the book) were called Skellig.

I'd been traveling in Ireland the previous year and had wanted to visit the Skelligs, which lie a few miles off the southwest coast. The sea was too rough, so I couldn't get across, but they looked remarkable: jagged rocky outcrops lashed by rain and wind. They appear uninhabitable, but during the Dark Ages, a community of monks lived and worked and prayed there. One of the islands is called Skellig Michael, after the archangel Michael. The other is Small Skellig."(less)

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would anyone reccomend this to someone who enjoyed The Nest and The Night Gardener?

Julia I haven’t read either of those books, but I strongly recommend Skellig and its prequel My Name is Mina. (Read Skellig first)
It has strong themes of fa…moreI haven’t read either of those books, but I strongly recommend Skellig and its prequel My Name is Mina. (Read Skellig first)
It has strong themes of family and friendship with mystery and intrigue, and I enjoyed it very much the first time when I was nine and just as much in my twenties.(less)

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Is this the novel that was referenced in Classmates, when Hikaru Kusakabe says "Scapula are what's left of our wings"?

Celia I don't remember the exact wording, but yes that question is mentioned more than once in Skellig.…moreI don't remember the exact wording, but yes that question is mentioned more than once in Skellig.(less)

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Is this book suitable for 11 year olds????

Li Yes, but mind that it deals with themes of death, so if that's upsetting or triggering, prepare yourself, or don't read it yet.…moreYes, but mind that it deals with themes of death, so if that's upsetting or triggering, prepare yourself, or don't read it yet.(less)

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