My Name Is Mina
core novel 2010 Skellig
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (5,449 ratings, collected 2026-10-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780340997253 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Mina loves the night. While everyone else is in a deep slumber she gazes out of the window at the moon's silvery light, and the blank notebook that has lain on the table for what seems like forever at last becomes her journal, filled with stories, dreams, lessons, poems and extraordinary facts. Having left St Bede's Middle School to be homeschooled by her mother, she makes discoveries both trivial and profound about herself and her world, in a prequel that revisits Mina before she has met Michael, and before she has met Skellig.
Where it sits
- Universe: Skellig
- Series: Skellig core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: David Almond
Awards (verified)
- Carnegie Medal, 2012: finalist; Shortlisted.
Notes
- From the series record (Skellig): Skellig and its prequel.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Skellig: position 2 of 2: previous Skellig (1998)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Skellig (prequel My Name is Mina, Hodder 2010)
- OverDrive: My Name Is Mina (publisher description and reviews)
- Waterstones: My Name is Mina (prequel to Skellig; shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal)
- Bookreporter: My Name Is Mina (about the book)
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