There'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 & write the very first words: My name is Mina & 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? & so Mina writes & writes in her notebook & here is her journal Mina's life in Mina's own words: her stories & dreams experiences & thoughts her scribblings & nonsense poems & 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. Shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal.