Book Review by Demi, 6F

As one of the Year 6 librarians, Demi has read and reviewed one of the new books in our library. Have a read and bear it in mind next time you're in the library.

Book review by Demi Oteju, Librarian

Title: My name is Mina

Author: David Almond.

What is the book about?

This book is about a young girl called Mina whose father tragically died when she was young. Now she only lives with her mother. However, Mina is a bit unique. She sees the world differently to other kids for example: she thinks about eggs hatching and if heaven is real or not. In addition, she has a journal were she writes high up in a tree but Mina doesn’t write about what she did in her day like other kids.

What year group would I recommend this book to?

I would recommend it to Year 5 and 6 because it has sophisticated words that younger KS2 might not understand. Moreover, it has good use of figurative language for example: my heart started to thud (metaphor) Also it is a high level piece of writing which can help the pupils of The Grove Academy make more progress in their Literacy.

Would you recommend this book to people and what would you rate it?

I would definitely recommend this to people who like an interesting story line and unique characters. Then hopefully this book shall be one of their favourites. I would rate this book out of 10 a 9.5 because it has an interesting story mountain, however it could have had a twist. Overall it was a phenomenal book in my opinion!