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My Name is Mina
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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tessavi
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I am a sucker for books with interesting designs, unusual layouts etc. My ten year old self would have loved this story.

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#JamminJune Day 4: Another #SpinePoem from Fats - more here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-3xX

Eggs That is awesomely good 🤗 4y
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emilyrose_x
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I think this book wins the award for the most number of re-reads. I first read it when I was quite young (probably too young to be honest!) and I'm not sure why I loved it so much as I probably didn't get much out of it, though the use of unusual and imaginative language probably appealed to me!

This is the prequel to Skellig, David Almond's more well known book, however I much prefer My Name is Mina!

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emilyrose_x
My Name is Mina | David Almond
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Day 12 #AdventRecommends

My Name is Mina by David Almond

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My Name is Mina | David Almond
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Day 12 #AdventRecommends

My Name is Mina by David Almond

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emilyrose_x
My Name is Mina | David Almond
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Day 12 #AdventRecommends

My Name is Mina by David Almond

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emilyrose_x
My Name is Mina | David Almond
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Day 12 #AdventRecommends

My Name is Mina by David Almond

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emilyrose_x
My Name Is Mina. David Almond | David Almond, Almond
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"It seems like anything is possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep"

#ya #teen