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Title	:	Skallagrigg
Author	:	William Horwood
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 728 pages
Published	:	1988 by Penguin (first published 1987)
Categories	:	Fiction. Fantasy. Disability. Young Adult

Skallagrigg

William Horwood

Paperback | Pages: 728 pages

Rating: 4.52 | 718 Users | 95 Reviews

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Skallagrigg unites Arthur, a little boy abandoned many years ago in a grim hospital in northern England with Esther, a radiantly intelligent young girl who is suffering from cerebral palsy, and with Daniel, an American computer-games genius.

Skallagrigg - whatever the name signifies, whoever he is - will come to transform all their lives. And William Horwood's inspired, heart-rending story of rescue and redemptive love will undoubtedly touch your life too.

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Original Title:	Skallagrigg
ISBN:	0140072063 (ISBN13: 9780140072068)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 4.52 From 718 Users | 95 Reviews

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Wonderful book (hard to get hold of but worth the effort). I'll let a guy called Paul Silver do the spadework for me - he reviewed the Horwood's own daughter had this disability and was the inspiration for the book.Recommended without reservation, you just need to suspend your disbelief that you could ever enjoy a book about "spastics" for 20-30 pages."

Fantastic book. Really hard to explain. About the world of disabled people who can not communicate in normal ways and the way the world treats them. Several story lines about the nature of true and convoluted friendships along the way and a sad indictment on British Institutionalism (not that its unique to Britain). One of the best books I've ever read.I've read some of William Horwood's animal fantasy. The Stonor Eagles would be my favourite.For a bio and book info go to my link text

One of my all time favourites, I forget how many times I've read it

Its taken me far too long to get around to reading this book but so glad I finally made the time. The language is somewhat dated in places but the story is timeless and melds so many aspects of disability, love, friendship and social conditions all wrapped up in a timeless quest for the truth. A mystery, a romance, a treatise on society's treatment of the vulnerable and the power of computing to change thoughts and understanding. An outstanding and epic masterpiece.

So my work friend recommended this book and kept on and on about how I need to read it. I needed to read it so much that she bought me a copy! Well, I had to read it now! This is not a bad book by any means I am just not the targeted audience. This is very slow and maybe about 300 pages too long! It was interesting and how all the characters lives were woven together and also to find out what Skallagrigg actually was. This book is now dated and some of the terms that they used to describe

I hold this book dear because it was one of the first books I read in English, shortly after it was published in 1987. On re-reading it, I was surprised it is not at all outdated, in fact the computer game that plays a big part in the book, could set the story easily in the current time. Skallagrigg is the heartbreaking story of a non-verbal boy with cerebral palsy, Arthur, in the beginning of the 20th century who is not recognised as highly intelligent. Taken from a loving environment he enters

Loved this book, even if it is terribly tragic. A rich tale about, among other things, "dark ages" in the history of mental health services, and about impressive personal persistence.