{"title":"David Almond","description":"\u003cp\u003eFind your next read from \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Almond\u003c\/strong\u003e. You'll find magical realism and realistic fiction here. Bestsellers in our range include \u003cem\u003eSkellig\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnnie Lumsden, the Girl from the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe falling boy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest for ages 9 and up. Shop all our David Almond books below, delivered across South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"9780340997260","title":"My Name Is Mina","description":"\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,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMina'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. In this stunning book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig. 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Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's book of the Year Award, this unforgettable book now has captivating illustrations by Tom de Freston to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary.\n \n When a move to a new house coincides with his baby sister's illness, Michael's world seems suddenly lonely and uncertain.\n \n One Sunday afternoon, he stumbles into the ramshackle garage of his new home and finds something magical. A strange creature - human? beast? bird? angel? - a being who needs Michael's help if he is to survive. With his new friend Mina, Michael nourishes Skellig back to health.\n \n But Skellig is far more than he at first appears, and as he helps Michael breathe life into his tiny sister, Michael's world changes for ever ...\n \n Skellig won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children's Book Award. David Almond is also winner of the Hans Christian Andersen award, the Nonino International Prize, and has received an OBE for services to literature. 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