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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100385722435

ISBN-139780385722438

eBay Product ID (ePID)2314024

Product Key Features

Book TitleElla Minnow Pea : a Novel in Letters

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2002

TopicEpistolary, General, Coming of Age, Humorous / General

GenreFiction

AuthorMark Dunn

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-066459

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"There's the whiff of a classic about Ella Minnow Pea ." --The Christian Science Monitor "A love letter to alphabetarians and logomaniacs everywhere." --Myla Goldberg "A curiously compelling . . . satire of human foibles, and a light-stepping commentary on censorship and totalitarianism." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "This exceptional, zany book will quickly make you laugh." -- Dallas Morning Herald, "There's the whiff of a classic about Ella Minnow Pea ." -The Christian Science Monitor "A love letter to alphabetarians and logomaniacs everywhere." -- Myla Goldberg "A curiously compelling . . . satire of human foibles, and a light-stepping commentary on censorship and totalitarianism." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "This exceptional, zany book will quickly make you laugh." -- Dallas Morning Herald, "There's the whiff of a classic aboutElla Minnow Pea." -The Christian Science Monitor "A love letter to alphabetarians and logomaniacs everywhere."--Myla Goldberg "A curiously compelling . . . satire of human foibles, and a light-stepping commentary on censorship and totalitarianism." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "This exceptional, zany book will quickly make you laugh." --Dallas Morning Herald

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisElla 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, 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 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 phrase containing all the letters of the alphabet, "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 "a love letter to alphabetarians and logomaniacs everywhere" (Myla Goldberg, bestselling author of Bee Season )., 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 phrase containing all the letters of the alphabet, "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.

LC Classification NumberPS3604.U56E45 2002