Ella Minnow Pea
Ella Minnow Pea 10,000 copies sold in trade paperback. A critically acclaimed allegory against censorship, civil rights and totalitarianism. "If you liked "Gulliver's Travels", you'll love "Ella Minnow Pea". Full description
Ella Minnow Pea 10,000 copies sold in trade paperback. A critically acclaimed allegory against censorship, civil rights and totalitarianism. "If you liked "Gulliver's Travels", you'll love "Ella Minnow Pea". Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780413772954 (0413772950)
Publisher: Methuen Publishing
Pages no: 203
Edition language: English
Ella Minnow Pea Mark Dunn, 2001 On the small, independent island nation of Nollop, located off the South Carolina coast, language is valued above all else. Nollop was the birthplace of the inventor of the pangram The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, and a monument with that sentence now ...
Off the coast of South Carolina, lies the tiny island nation of Nollop. Named for Nevin Nollop, author of the famed phrase, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," life on the island is idyllic, if a bit technologically backward. When the letter Z falls off the statue dedicated to Nollop, the...
There was a good council in Nollop,Who gave freedom of speech quite a wallop.With Amazon hands,They carried out plans,'Til Ella outsmarted the trollops.
This book was kinda stooopid.
Someone recommended this book to me, I liked the idea behind the book, so I was excited to begin it.There was no real connection with any of the characters. They came and went from one letter to another. They had no depth. Other than their troubles with the council and Amos' drinking problems there ...