04371cam a2200421 4500 234328287 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780375989650 037598965X B004JN1D0K Amazon 19681b20-85a4-49a6-978f-3fce1607ef79 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 564617 OverDrive (Product ID) 209529 564617 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Almond, David. My Name Is Mina [Libby]. Random House Children's Books, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5672kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:Almond is rather brave to have written a prequel to <i>Skellig</i> (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. This is the story of Mina, the girl next door who, in <i>Skellig</i>, helped Michael cope with the man he found in his garage eating dead flies and growing wings. Who was Mina before Michael arrived? Form as well as language bring Mina alive. Her journal introduces us to this authoritative, imaginative, irascible child, and her entries appear in her childlike penmanship; the print is big and bold when she finds a word she loves ("METEMPSYCHOSIS!"), and she uses concrete poetry as she plays with language and thoughts. And what thoughts! Mina is homeschooled, because, well, because she's Mina, and she needs expanses of time to think about myths and mathematics. She dreams of her dead father and wonders, wonders, wonders about birds. It is the birds that will lead readers into <i>Skellig</i>--that, and glimpses of Michael and his family moving next door. This book stands very much alone, but the sense of wonder that pervades the smallest details of everyday life remains familiar.<i>-- Ilene Cooper</i>. HTML:<b>Starred Review</b>, <b><u>Booklist</u>, September 15, 2011</b>. HTML:<p>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.<br /> 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.<br /> Award-winning author David Almond reintroduces readers to the perceptive, sensitive Mina before the events of <i>Skellig</i> in this lyrical and fantastical work. <i>My Name is Mina</i> 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.<br /> <br /> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i></p>. Media Type: eBook. Best Fiction for Young Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:22. http://lonestardigitalibrary.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=19681b20-85a4-49a6-978f-3fce1607ef79 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/196/81B/20/MyNameIsMina9780375989650.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=19681B20-85A4-49A6-978F-3FCE1607EF79&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/196/81B/20/MyNameIsMina9780375989650.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=19681B20-85A4-49A6-978F-3FCE1607EF79&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/196/81B/20/MyNameIsMina9780375989650.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=19681B20-85A4-49A6-978F-3FCE1607EF79&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXKYP