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My Name Is Mina
David Almond
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Description for My Name Is Mina
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hachette Children´s Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340997260
SKU
V9780340997260
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About David Almond
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, ... Read more
Reviews for My Name Is Mina
A glorification of imagination. David Almond has created a novel that will excite, astound and inspire adults and children alike.
English Association Journal
Incredibly moving.
Sunday Express
Almond promotes and celebrates freedom for children and their thinking in this lyrical book about growing up.
Guardian (Julia Eccleshare)
A sensational meditation on creativity and the ... Read more
English Association Journal
Incredibly moving.
Sunday Express
Almond promotes and celebrates freedom for children and their thinking in this lyrical book about growing up.
Guardian (Julia Eccleshare)
A sensational meditation on creativity and the ... Read more