My Name Is Mina by David Almond is the follow up to Skellig , previously reviewed on the blog. It is the pre-quel to the story that takes place in Skellig . To be honest, I don't really know what to make of this book, and if I hadn't already written here on the blog in Skellig 's review that I would also read My Name Is Mina , I don't know that I would have finished the book. While I was reading this book, I was also reading another book at the same time, so it took longer to finish both than it normally would have. The story is told entirely from Mina's perspective through the mechanism of her journal entries in which she shares eccentric writings and observations, including life musings, stories, and extraordinary activities. She also looks back on the miserable days she spent in school and what lead to her mother's decision to pull her out of the school and home school her instead. Mina was eccentric in Skellig , but My Name Is Mina reveals the de...
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