Clay, David Almond
Clay, David Almond
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Clay

Author: David Almond

Narrator: Stephen Tompkinson

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/02/2013

Synopsis

With fascination, Davie and his friend Geordie watch the arrival of a new boy, Stephen Rose, in their town. He seems to have come from nowhere, and when he arrives to live with his distant aunt, the local Crazy Mary, no one envies his new home. But perhaps he's the answer to Davie and Geordie's prayers - a secret weapon in their war against monstrous Mouldy and his gang.

Intrigued, Davie and Geordie befriend Stephen. But they are heading innocently down a path that brings with it a monster of an entirely unexpected nature. Their encounter with the mysterious Stephen is as incredible as it is menacing, and as the true story of Stephen's past slowly emerges, Davie's life is changed for ever.

A stunning novel from the author of the modern children's classic Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.

Clay was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal and has been adapted by the BBC into a feature-length film.

(P) Hodder Children's Books 2005

About David Almond

David Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Island, Bone Music and many other novels, stories, picture books, opera librettos, songs and plays. His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. His major awards include the Carnegie Medal, two Whitbread Awards, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Michael L Printz Award (USA), Le Prix Sorcières (France), the Nonino International Prize, the James Kruss Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He has also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world's most prestigious prize for children's authors. In 2021, David was awarded an OBE for services to literature.David speaks at festivals and conferences around the world. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, inspirational and innovative children's authors writing today. He has one amazing daughter. He lives in Newcastle, the city in which he was born.www.davidalmond.com

About Stephen Tompkinson

Trained at the Central School of Speech & Drama, he won the Carleton-Hobbs Award which led to a season with the BBC Radio Rep., - and he's never looked back. One of our hardest-working actors, his high-profile TV roles include "In Denial of Murder", "Grafters", "BallykissAngel", " Drop The Dead Donkey", "All Quiet on the Preston Front", and "Downwardly Mobile" - he won the Top TV Comedy Actor award in 1994 - "Bedtime", "Ted & Alice", "Lucky Jim" and "In Deep" (3 series). In recent years, he's starred in such West End productions as "Tartuffe", "Art", "Arsenic and Old Lace", and "Rattle of a Simple Man". He appeared in a new play, "Cloaca" at the Old Vic in late 2004. He starred in the memorable British film "Brassed Off", also "Hotel Splendide" and "Treacle".

Reviews

Goodreads review by Adair on September 30, 2012

The experience of reading Clay is like being in a dream. There are recognisable objects and familiar places, but everything is twisted round, suffused with the strange, the extraordinary, the downright miraculous. David Almond is an award winning author and one of the finest writing for young adults......more

Goodreads review by Mansoore on August 07, 2024

_اهمیتی نمیدهم که چیزهایی بی معنی هم درآن قصه باشند .یاد گرفته ام که چیزهای بی معنی میتوانند از تمام چیزها حقیقی تر باشند! یکم برام غیرمنطقی بود 🚶 اما با این حال جالب ترین قسمتش برای من اونجاییه که دیوی نسبت به همه چیز دچار شک و تردید میشه و یه جاهایی نمیدونه کجای داستان واقعیه یا خیالیه👀 ۱۴۰۳/۵/۱۷......more

Goodreads review by Gerda on February 22, 2018

Keista knyga. Prasideda lengvai nuo padykusių vaikinų patarnaujančių bažnyčioje, rūkančių tėvų cigaretes ir besipešančių su bendraamžiais, bet kuo toliau, tuo labiau gilyn į mišką. Vienas herojus sujaukia vaikino mintis ir visa likusi istorija plaukia lyg per sapną. Knygoje nemažai mistinių elementų......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 10, 2019

A YA book with some dark overtones. I liked the writing---easy to read-- but didn't like where the story went in the second half of the book --a bit haunting and foreboding and I was questioning just who the target audience was.......more

Quotes

An effective, engaging story. The Scottish Sunday Herald

Funny, mysterious, moving, frightening and so deftly constructed as to be fiercely compelling. This is extraordinary story telling. The Sunday Times

A stunning read. The Sunday Times

This adroit and perceptive novel has both immediate appeal and long-lasting resonance. The Guardian

Both exhilarating and horrifying. Time Out

Dark and thought-provoking. The Guardian

The climax of this strange miraculous, beautiful book will make it a classroom classic. The Times

This is the best that children's fiction has to offer. Brilliant. The Guardian

His most mysterious and spellbinding work yet. Daily Express

Hypnotic storytelling. The Guardian

Awards

  • CILIP Carnegie Children's Book Award
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