My Name Is Mina by David Almond - Revision history

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Keith: Created page with '{{unreviewedinfobox |title=My Name Is Mina |author=David Almond |amazonuk=0340997257 |amazonus=0340997257 |amazon=0340997257 }}'

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 Of course, nobody should read this book before they have read the wonderful [[Skellig by David Almond|Skellig]]. We'd also recommend [[Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech]], in which another child expresses its feelings through poetry, and [[Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls]], which blends magic realism with kitchen sink drama.
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 |summary=Prequel to [[Skellig by David Almond|Skellig]] in which the reader finds out a great deal more about Mina and the loss of her father. Beautiful language and glimpses of Almond's other books makes this a treasure for fans of this man's lyrical work.
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 And as Mina's tale unfolds, we see events mirror those in ''Skellig'' as her neighbour dies and Michael's family view the house and eventually move in.
-It's beautiful, of course. Everything David Almond writes is beautiful. There is lyrical language, themes of love and loss, philosophical musing and a big dollop of love. The strongest theme is one of loss - many of Mina's problems and feelings stem from the death of her father when she was just a tiny thing. Fans of Almond's work will also see traces of his other books - the clay man given life in [[Clay by David Almond|Clay]], thoughts about transformations and the nature of religion. Perhaps these things make it a book mostly for readers already attuned to Almond - I certainly wouldn't recommend reading ''My Name is Mina'' before reading some of his other books, especially ''Skellig''.
+It's beautiful, of course. Everything David Almond writes is beautiful. There is lyrical language, themes of love and loss, philosophical musing and a big dollop of love. The strongest theme is one of loss - many of Mina's problems and feelings stem from the death of her father when she was just a tiny thing. Fans of Almond's work will also see traces of his other books - the clay man given life in ''Clay'', thoughts about transformations and the nature of religion. Perhaps these things make it a book mostly for readers already attuned to Almond - I certainly wouldn't recommend reading ''My Name is Mina'' before reading some of his other books, especially ''Skellig''.
 Of course, nobody should read this book before they have read the wonderful [[Skellig by David Almond|Skellig]]. We'd also recommend [[Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech]], in which another child expresses its feelings through poetry, and [[Season of Secrets by Sally Nicholls]], which blends magic realism with kitchen sink drama.

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