Abstract :
In Skellig, Kit’s Wilderness, and Clay, David Almond employs various types
of intertextuality to enrich his narratives. Through the use of allusion, adaptation,
collage, and mise-en-abyme, he encourages his adolescent readers to seek out precursor
texts and to consider the interrelationships between these texts and his own. By so
doing, he demonstrates the respect he has for his readers and empowers them to become
active makers of meaning
