My Name Is Mina

David Almond

Oct 2011 · Sold by Delacorte Press

About this ebook

Award-winning author David Almond reintroduces readers to the perceptive, sensitive Mina before the events of Skellig in this lyrical and fantastical work. My Name is Mina is not only a pleasure to read, it is an intimate and enlightening look at a character whose open mind and heart have much to teach us about life, love, and the mysteries that surround us.

Mina loves the night. While everyone else is in a deep slumber, she gazes out the window, witness to the moon's silvery light. In the stillness, she can even hear her own heart beating. This is when Mina feels that anything is possible and her imagination is set free.

A blank notebook lies on the table. It has been there for what seems like forever. Mina has proclaimed in the past that she will use it as a journal, and one night, at last, she begins to do just that. As she writes, Mina makes discoveries both trivial and profound about herself and her world, her thoughts and her dreams.

Ratings and reviews

This book is one of my all time favorites. Mina has always reminded me of anne of green gables and pippi longstocking. The story has always made me think about life, education, animals, children and even encouraged me to write my own book. It is not an action story, but an expression of mood and thought. Her name is mina, and this is her world...

I have to read this book over the summer and now I have to read it😀😁

I am done with the book and it is fantastically amaizing i love all the characters in the story

About the author

DAVID ALMOND grew up in a large family in northeastern England and says, "The place and the people have given me many of my stories." His first novel for children, Skellig, was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book and an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and appeared on many best book of the year lists. His second novel, Kit's Wilderness, won the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.