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Ella Minnow Pea : A Novel in Letters
Author: Mark Dunn

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Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0

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116

ISBN-13: 9780385722438 - ISBN-10: 0385722435
Publication Date: 9/17/2002
Pages: 224

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Book Description:

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

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Genres:

Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
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Top Member Book Reviews

Barbara K. (wordybird) wrote on 10/8/2006...

7 member(s) found this review helpful.

If you love words, and if you enjoy a good satire, you will like this book. I read it one sitting while waiting for the next letter to drop.

Beth T. (Betholyn) wrote on 6/11/2007...

6 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is one of the most original books I've ever read. I still use the central challenge in this book (writing as short a sentence as possible using all of the letters of the alphabet) to help clear my mind on those insomnia nights....I would post my copy of the book, but I REALLY don't want to get rid of it.

Ashleigh M. (BackStageBookie) wrote on 3/25/2006...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Fantastic book! Difficult to read as it goes on, it really makes you work (and think), but extremely gratifying.

Ann W. wrote on 1/12/2006...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

an amusing fantasy about a fictional island where the inhabitants revere the fictional author of the sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," containing all the letters in the alphabet. When the letters start falling off his statue, the people on the island are not allowed to use words containing those letters either in writing or in speech. This is not much of a problem when the "Z" falls off, but becomes very inconvenient when letters like "s" and "a" begin to fall. This book would appeal to adult readers who enjoy playful, intelligent fantasy but would also appeal to bookish young adolescent readers.

Darla Z. (DarlaZ) wrote on 8/19/2007...