My Name Is Mina

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David Almond

Publisher

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Genre(s)

Contemporary Fantasy

Age Range

10+

Release Date

October 11, 2011

ISBN

0385740735

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Mina's a rebel. She can't be controlled and she won't fit in. People say she's weird. Some say she's crazy. But all she wants is to be free, to be happy, and to be herself.

One night, she sits in the moonlight, she picks up an empty notebook, and begins to write.

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.

The wonderful prequel to Skellig.

Mina's a rebel. She can't be controlled and she won't fit in. People say she's weird. Some say she's crazy. But all she wants is to be free, to be happy, and to be herself.

One night, she sits in the moonlight, she picks up an empty notebook, and begins to write.

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.

The wonderful prequel to Skellig.

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Creative and very different

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My Name is Mina is about, of course, a girl called Mina. Mina is different, she doesn't think like other children and always ask why. She sits in her tree in her garden, and either writes thought down in her journal or stares at the wonderful creation of nature, especially the birds who had made a nest in her tree.

This book had no real plot, but was all really thought base. The main event happened on the last page, so to lead onto the next book. The story spent time telling the reader about Mina's past, and what happened up to the point where she was writing her journal.

I've never read a book like this one, Mina was truly free, free as the birds who flew around in the sky or her mind. No one held her down, and her mother encouraged her free-thinking. Mina is a rare girl, where the world is restricted by school, and no time to just to be free.