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Ella Minnow Pea is a funny book for people who love words. Ella is an 18-year-old girl living on Nollop (a made-up island), whose society and culture devotes itself to words and to Nevin Nollop, the person who wrote the phrase "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" (which, by the way, contains all the letters of the alphabet.) This phrase appears on Nollop's memorial statue, and when letter tiles start falling off, the Island High Council thinks Nollop is trying to say something, and outlaws the use of those letters. With only a few letters and citizens (most have been banished from the island for using the prohibited letters) left, Ella has to come up with a new phrase in three days to meet the challenge one of her friends has negotiated with the council and save the island! Will she do it? Read this epistolary (written entirely in letters and notes) book to find out! It's also a great vocabulary builder. :)
[Adult Fiction Book ]
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