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My Name Is MinaDavid Almond
My Name Is Mina
by David Almond
Mina keeps a notebook at night in the tree outside her house, writing about school, about words, and about the empty house next door.
A story about children, thoughtful and gentle in tone. We would put it with children of 10–13, and at a reading age of about 11 for reading alone.
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