Quote by: David Almond

I went out into the corridor. I asked a nurse if she knew where the people with arthritis went. She said lots of them went to Ward 34 on the top floor. She said she thought that was a silly place to put people with bad bones who had such trouble walking and climbing stairs.


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Author Bio


  • NameDavid Almond
  • DescriptionBritish children's writer
  • BornMay 15, 1951
  • CountryEngland
  • ProfessionWriter; Children's Writer
  • WorksSkellig; Kit's Wilderness; The Fire-Eaters
  • AwardsHans Christian Andersen Award; Zilveren Griffel