![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A Guardian reviewer wrote that it is "a wonderful book in its own right" and "joyous." This might make for tricky going for some readers, but it is truly a wonderful book." and VOYA called it "a lyrical, whimsical novel". The School Library Journal wrote "Almond portrays Mina as a girl with a great love of words and learning, and he plays joyfully with language. But he is too shrewd-and fine-a writer to let that happen" and Kirkus Reviews found it "A fascinating, if breathless ramble through the cosmos." It is written in a way that shows us Mina's opinions.īooklist, in a starred review of My Name Is Mina, wrote "Almond is rather brave to have written a prequel to Skellig (1998), a book that was the essence of originality. The novel takes the form of a stream of consciousness journal. It is a prequel to Skellig and is about Mina, a homeschooled girl who lives across the road from the house that Michael's family moves into at the beginning of Skellig. My Name Is Mina is a 2010 children's novel by David Almond. ![]()
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