And while there are no wizards or obvious magic in his novels - from his wildly popular breakthrough novel Skellig to his most recent book, Heaven Eyes - Almond places his realistic protagonists into situations tinged with mystical mysteries so subtle you're never sure if what you're reading is real or fabricated in the childish imaginations of his characters. It's about a series of discoveries and uncoverings and opening of secrets and seeing what's on the next page."ĭavid Almond sees himself as a realist and as the author of strongly realistic fiction for children and young teenagers. You watch kids read - especially young children - they're very simple and elemental about stories. "You know, like when a kid reads a book, even though she's seen the book 25 times before, you turn the page and there's a sense of anticipation and surprise.
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