Have you ever had something happen and wonder if it was just ad ream? Michael isn't sure what to believe when he finds a man in his crumbling garage. Is he just dreaming? Is it his imagination? Is this man really dead?

A lot is going on in Michael's life. He and his mother and father have moved to a new house. His baby sister is born early and is in and out of the hospital. He worries so much about her. And then he meets Mina, a girl who teaches him about nature and art. Mina is different. She doesn't go to school like everyone else; her mother teaches her. The others call her the monkey because she likes to climb trees and watch birds.

Michael introduces Mina to this strange man who calls himself Skellig. Together they help nurse him back to health. But who or what is he? Find out read the book, Skellig , by David Almond.