Back to school, Mallory vs Skellig: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Back to school, Mallory Back to school, Mallory Laurie B. Friedman · 2004 ★★★★☆ 4.2 176 pages · ≈ 3 h 16 m · Light

After moving, eight-year-old Mallory struggles with being new at school, especially because her mother is now the music teacher and director of the third grade play.

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Cover of Skellig Skellig David Almond · 1998 ★★★★☆ 3.8 186 pages · ≈ 3 h 27 m · Light

Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling…

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The verdict

Scores by source

Back to school, MallorySkellig
Goodreads 4.2 (704) 4.1 (11)
Hardcover 4.0 (1) 3.6 (50)
Apple Books — 4.0 (67)

Reception

Back to school, MallorySkellig
Ratings 704 67
Editions 10 44
Film adaptations — 1
Want to read 401 —
Reading it now 121 —
Written reviews 44 —
Wikipedia attention — 2653
Pages 176 186

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