My Name Is Mina is a 2010 children's novel by David Almond. It is a prequel to Skellig and is about Mina, a homeschooled girl who lives across the road from the house that Michael's family moves into at the beginning of Skellig. The novel takes the form of a stream of consciousness journal. It is written in a way that shows us Mina's opinions.

Booklist, in a starred review of My Name Is Mina, wrote "Almond is rather brave to have written a prequel to Skellig (1998), a book that was the essence of originality. So many things could have gone wrong. But he is too shrewd—and fine—a writer to let that happen";^[1] and Kirkus Reviews found it "A fascinating, if breathless ramble through the cosmos."^[2]

The School Library Journal wrote "Almond portrays Mina as a girl with a great love of words and learning, and he plays joyfully with language. This might make for tricky going for some readers, but it is truly a wonderful book.";^[1] and VOYA called it "a lyrical, whimsical novel".^[1] A Guardian reviewer wrote that it is "a wonderful book in its own right" and "joyous."^[3]

My Name Is Mina has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,^[4] Library Media Connection magazine,^[1] The Horn Book,^[1] The Use of English magazine,^[5] Bookmarks,^[6] Reading Time,^[7] School Librarian.^[8] BookTrust,^[9] The Deakin Review of Children's Literature,^[10] The New York Times,^[11] and the National Post.^[12]

It was shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie Medal^[13] and the 2011 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.^[14]