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Mina loves the night. While everyone else is in a deep slumber, she gazes out the window, witness to the moon's silvery light. In the stillness, she can even hear her own heart beating. This is when Mina feels that anything is possible and her imagination is set free. A blank notebook... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mina: Main Character. Writer.
- Mrs. McKee: Mina's mother
- Mrs. Scullery: Mina's teacher the year she is taken from school
Quotes edit
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“Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line? Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing. Sometimes there should be no words at all. Just Silence. Just clean white space.”
Mina
First Sentence edit
My name is Mina and I love the night.
Table of Contents edit
Moonlight, Wonder, Flies & Nonsense
Bananas, Weirdos, A Beautiful Tree & Boring Heaven
Dinosaurs, French Toast & a Journey to the Underworld
Thoughts About the Archaeopteryx
Ernie Myers, Rubbish, Dust, Metempsychosis & a Blue Car
Sprouts, Sarcasm & the Mysteries of Time
Persephone, Daftness & Absolutely Nothing
Fig Rolls, Pee, Spit, Sweat & All the Words for Joy
Grandpa, Missing monkeys & Owls
SATS Day, Glibbertysnark & Claminosity
Eggs, Chick, A Belly, Babies & Poems
Spaghetti Pomodoro & A Dream
The Story of Corinthian Ave.
A Story Without Words
Chicks, A Lethal Cat & Limplessness
Walking, Pizza, Stars & Dust
A dream of Horses
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Almond (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780340997253
Page Count: 300
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 9780340997253
Page Count: 300
Awards edit
- Carnegie Medal (Finalist, 2012)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 2010040143
- Dewey: Add the Dewey Classification.
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