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- Hodder Children's Books
My Name is Mina
David Almond
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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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Praise for My Name is Mina
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a master novelist - IndependentThere really is nobody quite like Almond writing in children's or adults' fiction today. - The Timesa writer of subtle, page-turning and daring exactness. - Times Educational SupplementAlmond manages to make a work of art out of the simplest words. - Amanda Craig, The TimesDavid Almond is a fine writer, one of the very finest we have. He is simply incapable of writing a bad sentence. - Michael Morpurgo'Another brilliant novel from a master storyteller.' - CarouselUnsettling but, as ever, beautifully written. - Daily Mail'... exceptional, delicate writing ... make a moving and thoughtful story told with exceptional elegance.' - Julia Eccleshare
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