My Name Is Mina

My Name Is Mina
Author David Almond
Country England
Language English
Genre Children's fiction
Published 2010 (Hodder Children's Books)
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 300
ISBN 9780340997260
OCLC 765619939

My Name Is Mina is a 2010 children's novel by David Almond. 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. The novel takes the form of a stream of consciousness journal.

Reception

Booklist, 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. So many things could have gone wrong. But he is too shrewd—and fine—a writer to let that happen"[1]; and Kirkus Reviews found it "A fascinating, if breathless ramble through the cosmos."[2]

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. This might make for tricky going for some readers, but it is truly a wonderful book.";[1] and VOYA called it "a lyrical, whimsical novel".[1] A Guardian reviewer wrote that it is "a wonderful book in its own right" and "joyous."[3]

My Name Is Mina has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[4] Library Media Connection magazine,[1] The Horn Book,[1] The Use of English magazine,[5] Bookmarks,[6] Reading Time,[7] School Librarian.[8] BookTrust,[9] The Deakin Review of Children's Literature,[10] The New York Times,[11] and the National Post.[12]

It was shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal[13] and the 2011 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "My Name Is Mina". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "My Name Is Mina". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Sedgwick, Marcus (4 September 2010). "My Name Is Mina by David Almond". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "My Name Is Mina". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 15 August 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "My Name Is Mina". The Use of English. The English Association. 63 (3): 263. January 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "My Name Is Mina". Bookmarks. Jon Phillips (56): 46. January 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "My Name is Mina". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. 55 (2): 30. May 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Peter Hollindale (December 2010). "My Name is Mina". School Librarian. School Library Association. 58 (4): 228. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "My Name is Mina: The prequel to Skellig". booktrust.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "My Name is Mina by D. Almond". The Deakin Review of Children's Literature. University of Alberta. 3 (1). 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  11. ↑ Paul, Pamela (14 October 2011). "Bookshelf: Night Children's Books". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Marchand, Philip (16 December 2011). "Open Book: My Name is Mina, by David Almond". National Post. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  13. ↑ Clements, Toby (27 March 2012). "Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls leads Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medal shortlists". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  14. ↑ Eccleshare, Julia (1 October 2011). "Guardian children's fiction prize: the shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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