{"product_id":"9780340997260","title":"My Name is Mina","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: David Almond\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 8 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 October 2013 by Hachette Children's Group (Hodder Children's Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 23mm | 266g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It's been there for an age. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. So I'll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or a beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line?And so Mina writes and writes in her notebook, and here is her journal, Mina's life in Mina's own words: her stories and dreams, experiences and thoughts, her scribblings and nonsense, poems and songs. Her vivid account of her vivid life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Almond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56495262204229,"sku":"9780340997260","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780340997260_88c7784c-befb-4df0-991e-cabd06d92532.jpg?v=1769612257","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780340997260","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}