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Loading... My Name Is Mina (2010)by David Almond
None.  shrlibrary | Jan 4, 2013 |  Read because it was shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal. Loved Mina, fleshes out the charcter we've already met in Skellig. Recommeded for older readers who love Skellig.Not sure reading this first would lead most Y6/7 readers onto Skellig, which would be a big whole in their literary journey IMO. (  ) celerydog | Sep 7, 2012 | 'Skellig' is one of my all-time favourite books and I approached this with both caution and excitement. Sadly I just couldn't finish this rambling mess. I know it is a journal but it simply lacked structure and I began to dislike the Mina I'd loved in 'Skellig'. Maybe this prequel shouldn't have been written. :( (  ) SmithSJ01 | Aug 22, 2012 | Prequel to Skellig ( ) lindamamak | Jun 11, 2012 | Some books you read for the fast and suspenseful plot, some because of the side-splitting humor, then there are books like these where the beauty of the language makes you stop and savor every word. You want to read sections over and over because of the melody they create, the pictures they form, or the feelings they conjur. You want to read passages aloud so that you can roll the words along your tongue. My only disappointment was the ending. I know this is the prequel to Skellig, but the ending left me flat. But the journey to that ending was worth every word. ( ) asomers | Feb 2, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0340997257, Hardcover)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 through her stories, thoughts, lessons and dreams, Mina's journal and mind grow into something extraordinary. In this stunning book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig, in what is a thought-provoking and extraordinary prequel to his best-selling debut novel, Skellig - winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen award.(retrieved from Amazon Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:01:47 -0400) Creative, intelligent, nine-year-old Mina keeps a journal in her own disorderly way that reveals how her mind is growing into something extraordinary, especially after she begins homeschooling under the direction of her widowed mother. |
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My Name is Mina is the prequel to Skellig; you don't have to read Skellig first but it might help a bit.
The book is written in the form of Mina's journal. Mina loves words so soon the journal becomes full of her ideas, stories, poems, memories and blank pages! I love the way that Mina's voice comes across loud and clear in this book and you become completely immersed in her world.
Mina is on a journey of self-discovery and we get an insight into how she deals with the death of her father and her relationships with other children and her mother.
Ultimately this is a book about finding and accepting who you are. I am definitely going to try some of Mina's Extraordinary Activities for myself! (