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My Name is Mina

By David Almond
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My Name is Mina is a captivating tale about an imaginative and curious girl named Mina, who embraces the world with wonder. Set in the context of her journal entries, the book explores her thoughts, dreams, and explorations of both her inner and outer worlds. It's a beautifully told story that delves into creativity, self-discovery, and the significance of viewing life with endless curiosity.
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My Name is Mina

From the winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award the Carnegie Medal and the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award comes the extraordinary prequel to the award-winning Skellig. Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

From the winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award the Carnegie Medal and the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award comes the extraordinary prequel to the award-winning Skellig. Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

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There's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It's been there for an age. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. So I'll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or a beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line?

And so Mina writes and writes in her notebook, and here is her journal, Mina's life in Mina's own words: her stories and dreams, experiences and thoughts, her scribblings and nonsense, poems and songs. Her vivid account of her vivid life.

In this stunning book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig.

Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal.

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My Name is Mina by David Almond is highly praised for its unique narrative style and depth. Critics from The Independent and The Times commend Almond as a masterful novelist who crafts artful prose from simple language, creating a distinct space in both children's and adult fiction. The book is described as beautifully written and thought-provoking, encouraging children's freedom and imagination while exploring themes of growing up.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780340997260

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 October 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 267g

Pages: 304

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational David Almond Young Adult

About the Author

David Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Counting Stars, The Savage, Island, A Song for Ella Grey, The Colour of the Sun 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 Sorcieres (France) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. In 2010 he won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world's most prestigious prize for children's authors.

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 Bath and in Newcastle, the city in which he was born.

www.davidalmond.com

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