by David Almond · Candlewick · tapa dura · ISBN 9780763678777
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«Half a Creature from the Sea: A Life in Stories» is David Almond's collection of short stories, published by Candlewick in hardcover (240 pages, in English).
It brings together eight stories set in Tyneside, in the northeast of England where the author spent his childhood, with brief autobiographical preludes about his inspiration. Young protagonists experience the harshness of everyday life and encounters with the extraordinary: monsters, poltergeists and other presences that blur the boundary between the real and the dreamed.
The edition includes illustrations by Eleanor Taylor and was published on September 22, 2015; the work originally appeared in 2014.
Suitable reading for young people aged 12 to 17 and for followers of magical realism and the work of David Almond.
David John Almond was born May 15, 1951 and is a British author who has written many novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim.
