{"product_id":"9780340997260-my-name-is-mina","title":"My Name is Mina","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the winner of the \u003ci\u003eWhitbread Children's Book Award\u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eCarnegie Medal\u003c\/i\u003e and the 2010 \u003ci\u003eHans Christian Andersen Award\u003c\/i\u003e comes the extraordinary prequel to the award-winning \u003ci\u003eSkellig\u003c\/i\u003e. Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\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:\u003c\/i\u003e My name is Mina and I love the night. \u003ci\u003eThen 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAnd 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this stunning book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449684046198,"sku":"9780340997260","price":7.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28662385.jpg?v=1760446443","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780340997260-my-name-is-mina","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}