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Author: Mark Dunn
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Length: 208 pages
Published: 2001
Publisher: Anchor Books
Brief Synopsis: (Taken from Goodreads) Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal pangram,* "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the island's Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial statue of Nevin Nollop. As the letters progressively drop from the statue they also disappear from the novel. The result is both a hilarious and moving story of one girl's fight for freedom of expression, as well as a linguistic tour de force sure to delight word lovers everywhere.
*pangram: a sentence or phrase that includes all the letters of the alphabet
My Review:
*pangram: a sentence or phrase that includes all the letters of the alphabet
My Review:
I give this book a 5 out of 5.
This was a nice, light read. The brilliance Dunn shows as he weaves his words to form the scores of letters that flow between our heroine, Ella, and various members of her family and friends, as well as others among the islanders of Nollop. As more and more letters are dropped from the cenotaph, residents flee Nollop both by force and voluntarily. Writing letters becomes more and more difficult as Ella and the others are forced to use more creative words to explain what they wish. Eventually the Council allows the usage of other letters which sound like the missing letter, making for some very interesting word creation.
And throughout most of the book people are working to create a sentence composed of all 26 letters of the alphabet that is 32 letters or less. It is not until 3 hours before the deadline, when there are only five letters remaining, that Ella finds the sentence. I'll let you find that sentence out for yourself.
You can purchase Ella Minnow Pea through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
This was a nice, light read. The brilliance Dunn shows as he weaves his words to form the scores of letters that flow between our heroine, Ella, and various members of her family and friends, as well as others among the islanders of Nollop. As more and more letters are dropped from the cenotaph, residents flee Nollop both by force and voluntarily. Writing letters becomes more and more difficult as Ella and the others are forced to use more creative words to explain what they wish. Eventually the Council allows the usage of other letters which sound like the missing letter, making for some very interesting word creation.
And throughout most of the book people are working to create a sentence composed of all 26 letters of the alphabet that is 32 letters or less. It is not until 3 hours before the deadline, when there are only five letters remaining, that Ella finds the sentence. I'll let you find that sentence out for yourself.
You can purchase Ella Minnow Pea through Amazon in hard copy or Kindle format.
Have you read Ella Minnow Pea? If so, leave a comment and let me know your thoughts!
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
Please note: I was not compensated in any way for this review. It is strictly my opinion.
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