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My Name is Mina (Skellig, Prequel) - David Almond
My Name is Mina (Skellig, Prequel)
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B004JN1D0K
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: Skellig
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Selan
Selan rated it
So, this is the prequel to Skellig. I went into this thinking I would probably be rather disappointed.Instead, I found myself genuinely enjoying this. It's basically from Mina's point of view (the girl that Michael meets in Skellig) and kind of a journal of her thoughts and experiences. It was reall...
EpicFehlReader
EpicFehlReader rated it
3.0 Review | My Name Is Mina by David Almond
Award-winning author David Almond reintroduces readers to the perceptive, sensitive Mina before the events of Skellig in this lyrical and fantastical work. My Name is Mina is not only a pleasure to read, it is an intimate and enlightening look at a character whose open mind and heart have much to te...
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge
An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge rated it
3.5 My Name Is Mina
Lovelier and more interesting than I remember. The end doesn’t quite match up with the beginning of Skellig but that might just be unreliable narrator Mina. It has a very different tone than Skellig does, but I enjoyed being let inside Mina’s brain for a book.
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
3.5 My Name is Mina
This is going on my Autism shelf, even though it's never explicitly stated that Mina has autism. It fits. Anyway, Mina's having a rough time. Her father died not long ago, and school, which had always been somewhat challenging for her became much worse. She didn't fit it with her peers, and she didn...
audreyhawkins
audreyhawkins rated it
Mina isn't like any little girl you've ever met. Some readers have a problem with meeting unlikely characters in books. I'm not of that opinion. If I wanted to meet people, I'd go out. I want to meet characters.Mina is the epitome of a non-conformist and well-read enough to break into recitations of...
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