My Name Is Mina
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{{Infobox book
| name = My Name Is Mina
| image = My Name Is Mina.jpg
| border = yes
| caption = First edition
| author = David Almond
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| country = England
| language = English
| genre =Children's fiction
| published = 2010 (Hodder Children's Books)
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 300
| isbn = 9780340997260
| oclc = 765619939
}}{{Short description|2010 children's novel by David Almond}}
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. It is written in a way that shows us Mina's opinions.
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"; and Kirkus Reviews found it "A fascinating, if breathless ramble through the cosmos."{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/david-almond/my-name-mina/ |title=My Name Is Mina |date=24 August 2011 |website=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=16 December 2016}}
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."; and VOYA called it "a lyrical, whimsical novel". A Guardian reviewer wrote that it is "a wonderful book in its own right" and "joyous."{{cite news |last=Sedgwick |first=Marcus |date=4 September 2010 |title=My Name Is Mina by David Almond |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/sep/04/my-name-is-mina-david-almond |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate=16 December 2016}}
My Name Is Mina has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-74073-9 |title=My Name Is Mina |date=15 August 2011 |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz LLC|accessdate=16 December 2016}} Library Media Connection magazine, The Horn Book,{{cite web |url=https://catalog.wccls.org/Mobile/BakerAndTaylor/Review?ISBN=9780385740739&UPC=9780385740739(hardcover)&position=2 |title=My Name Is Mina |website=catalog.wccls.org |accessdate=16 December 2016}} The Use of English magazine,{{cite journal |date=January 2012 |title=My Name Is Mina |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/78347700/my-name-mina-by-david-almond |journal=The Use of English |publisher=The English Association |volume=63 |issue=3 |page=263 |accessdate=16 December 2016}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Bookmarks,{{cite journal |date=January 2012 |title=My Name Is Mina |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/70046273/my-name-mina |journal=Bookmarks |publisher=Jon Phillips |issue=56 |page=46 |accessdate=16 December 2016}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Reading Time,{{cite journal |date=May 2011 |title=My Name is Mina |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/61220122/my-name-mina |journal=Reading Time |publisher=Children's Book Council of Australia |volume=55 |issue=2 |page=30 |accessdate=16 December 2016}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} School Librarian.{{cite journal |date=December 2010 |title=My Name is Mina |author=Peter Hollindale |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/57276924/my-name-mina |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729171420/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/57276924/my-name-mina |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-29 |journal=School Librarian |publisher=School Library Association |volume=58 |issue=4 |page=228 |accessdate=16 December 2016}} BookTrust,{{cite web |url=http://www.booktrust.org.uk/a/books/view/30741 |title=My Name is Mina: The prequel to Skellig |publisher=booktrust.org.uk |accessdate=16 December 2016}} The Deakin Review of Children's Literature,{{cite journal |year=2013 |title=My Name is Mina by D. Almond |url=https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/deakinreview/article/view/20036 |journal=The Deakin Review of Children's Literature |publisher=University of Alberta |volume=3 |issue=1 |accessdate=16 December 2016}} The New York Times,{{cite news |last=Paul |first=Pamela |date=14 October 2011 |title=Bookshelf: Night Children's Books |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/books/review/bookshelf-night.html |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=16 December 2016}} and the National Post.{{cite news |last=Marchand |first=Philip |date=16 December 2011 |title=Open Book: My Name is Mina, by David Almond |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/afterword/open-book-my-name-is-mina-by-david-almond |newspaper=National Post |accessdate=16 December 2016}}
It was shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal{{cite news |last=Clements |first=Toby |date=27 March 2012 |title=Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls leads Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medal shortlists |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9169695/Patrick-Nesss-A-Monster-Calls-leads-Carnegie-and-Kate-Greenaway-medal-shortlists.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=16 December 2016}} and the 2011 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.{{cite news |last=Eccleshare |first=Julia |date=1 October 2011 |title=Guardian children's fiction prize: the shortlist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/sep/30/guardian-childrens-fiction-prize-shortlist |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate=16 December 2016}}
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Category:British children's novels
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