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 teach us about life, love, and the
mysteries that surround us.
Mina loves the night. While everyone else is in a deep slumber, she
gazes out the window, witness to the moon's silvery light. In the
stillness, she can even hear her own heart beating. This is when Mina
feels that anything is possible and her imagination is set free.
A blank notebook lies on the table. It has been there for what seems
like forever. Mina has proclaimed in the past that she will use it as a
journal, and one night, at last, she begins to do just that. As she
writes, Mina makes discoveries both trivial and profound about herself
and her world, her thoughts and her dreams.