Skellig

Skellig  By David Almond

**** 4/5 stars Fantasy

When Michael moves into a new house, formerly owned by Ernie Myers, he is pretty miserable. His parents are continuously worried about his horribly sick baby sister and their garage is such a wreck his parents won't let him go in it. Michael goes into the garage anyway.  There, he finds bugs, broken furniture, mice, and a man. The man says he is nobody, nothing, he just wants to die.  

I really liked how the writer, David Almond, hooked everything together. The things that were happening in Michael's life are all connected, from the man he finds in his garage, to what he is learning in school, to what the next door neighbor's interests are.  What I didn't like was how some questions weren't answered.