false <![CDATA[Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166720087m/16200.jpg 16200 12 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 (a 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. 2454636 book 2001 Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters total:3713|5:983|4:1441|3:957|2:266|1:66| 3713 14148 5349 1024 5 11 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 19:14:35 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 01 09:22:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Nov 10 14:40:54 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 19 19:52:34 -0800 2008
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And yes, I did intentionally use all the letters of the alphabet in the first sentence. It is, admittedly, harder than it seems.

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There's no real need to try to tell anyone the "story" behind this self-proclaimed "...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 13:55:51 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 12:39:13 -0800 2009 1
Told in the epistolary style, Ella Minnow Pea follows the trials of the island residents of Nollop as they struggle to maintain control ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat May 23 09:49:04 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 10:49:00 -0700 2009
A ridiculous book, masquerading as something intelligent and thought provoking. There are plenty of far better books that raise issues of totalitarianism, censorship versus free speech, superstition versus science, loyalty to friends and family ve...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 20:02:44 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 10:02:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 17:51:35 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 12:03:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 12:34:36 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 12:39:21 -0800 2008
For the first half I thought it was fantastic, but I was disappointed by a cou...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 02 05:45:17 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 20 10:30:25 -0700 2009

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"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 immor...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 09:23:47 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 07 10:04:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 11 09:16:27 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 09:21:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 08:53:42 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 09:03:12 -0700 2008
I love that this book is a compilation of letters. It is playful, creative, quirky and imaginative.

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