My Name is Mina, David Almond
My Name is Mina, David Almond
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My Name is Mina

Author: David Almond

Narrator: Charlie Sanderson

Unabridged: 4 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/17/2011

Synopsis

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 audio book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig.

Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal.

(P) Hodder Children's Books 2011

About David Almond

David Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Island, Bone Music 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, two Whitbread Awards, the Eleanor Farjeon Award, the Michael L Printz Award (USA), Le Prix Sorcières (France), the Nonino International Prize, the James Kruss Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He has also won the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the world's most prestigious prize for children's authors. In 2021, David was awarded an OBE for services to literature.David speaks at festivals and conferences around the world. He is Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. He is widely regarded as one of the most exciting, inspirational and innovative children's authors writing today. He has one amazing daughter. He lives in Newcastle, the city in which he was born.www.davidalmond.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by SoRoLi (Sonja) ♡ on January 14, 2022

"Mina" von David Almond ist ein außergewöhnliches Buch über ein außergewöhnliches Mädchen. Mina ist ein junges und aufgewecktes Mädchen. Sie ist ein Einzelkind und lebt zusammen mit ihrer Mutter. Ihr Vater ist bereits früh gestorben, und Mina vermisst ihn sehr. Mina ist ein kluges Mädchen; sie könnt......more

Goodreads review by Charlotte on December 24, 2018

"It's hard isn't it?' 'What?' 'Trying to discover how to be yourself." What a cute prequel this was! Narrated by Mina, the young girl we meet in Skellig. We get an insight into her home and school life; how most of the other kids think she is weird and strange. She spends most of her time in her tr......more

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on February 15, 2016

A frustrating journal, but an interesting character It pains me to give this such a low rating because I have very mixed feeling about it. I appreciate the idea behind it, but it is not very enjoyable to read. This is not a novel or a straightforward narrative, but a journal of a young girl called......more

Goodreads review by Whitney on February 04, 2015

Beautiful, witty writing. Just wish it wasn't a prequel to another book because I'm most likely not going to read that one and this ending wasn't very solid. I loved Mina's thoughtfulness throughout this and it definitely made me think.......more

Quotes

A wonderful book. It is joyous. Thank you, David Almond; I cannot remember when a book filled me with such claminosity. Guardian.co.uk

A skillful, affecting and impassioned book. The Times

A celebration of the richness of the everyday world and to read it is to feel uplifted. The Sunday Times

A rare and beautiful novel. The Scotsman

A pitch-perfect prequel to Skellig. A gloriously rich, multi-layered novel. Ham & High

A poignant, heart-warming novel fuelled by Almond's generosity of spirit and his endorsement of childhood's individuality and quirkiness. Books for Keeps

Another gem from this award-winning author. INIS (Ireland)

A sensational meditation on creativity and the power of words. A must for any budding writer. The Daily Telegraph

Almond's chatty, informal and unique writing is different from anything you have read by him before. Newcastle Upon Tyne Evening Chronicle

Almond promotes and celebrates freedom for children and their thinking in this lyrical book about growing up. The Guardian

Awards

  • CILIP Carnegie Children's Book Award
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