Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn:
(I've seen a few different versions of this cover.)
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
My review: A delightful story! Told through a series of letters by Ella, family members and others from (or in someway involved with the) island of Nollop. It, in a way, brings back thoughts of the Salem Witch trials and it's craziness.
A true story for "readers" to sink their teeth into and devour every page. Huzzah!
