Journal Entry 1 by msjoanna from Columbia, Missouri USA on Friday, August 24, 2007

Book Description
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.

(reserved for indgygo88 from the Reverse Wishlist relay) 

Journal Entry 2 by msjoanna from Columbia, Missouri USA on Saturday, September 22, 2007

This was a wonderful little book. The wordplay is quite enjoyable and the book is nonetheless readable and creative. I love the story of Nollop and would highly recommend this book to anyone that appreciates language. I'm impressed both with the form and the storyline. This was definitely one of the most creative and unusual books I've read recently.

It'll go in the mail to indygo88 Monday or Tuesday. 

Journal Entry 3 by indygo88 from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Monday, October 01, 2007

So excited to get this one, since I've heard good things & know it's in high demand! Hoping to get to it SOON!!!!! Thanks for another one, msjoanna! (Love the BCID label too!)
 

Journal Entry 4 by indygo88 at Lafayette, Indiana USA on Sunday, October 23, 2011

Imagine letters of our alphabet gradually being outlawed, both in speech & in writing. That's the gist of this story, with the ability to communicate becoming more & more challenging. With some underlying themes of totalitarianism, it calls the reader to really think about what we take for granted in our language every day. With little bouts of humor, it's an enjoyable, if somewhat unrealistic tale. The most impressive thing about this story is the time it must've taken the author to create such a tale with a gradually diminishing alphabet. Hats off to Mark Dunn! 

Journal Entry 5 by indygo88 at Lafayette, Indiana USA on Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Released 6 mos ago (11/16/2011 UTC) at Lafayette, Indiana USA

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Sending off to PBS member. Enjoy! :')

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Journal Entry 6 by AnonymousFinder at Lowden, Iowa USA on Wednesday, November 23, 2011

It was a very interesting read. I run a small town Public Library and this book is to become part of our permanent collection.