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My Review: Pangram (pan’ grem –gram), n. a phrase, sentence or verse composed of all the letters of the alphabet. (e.g. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.)
Ella Minnow Pea
lives with her mother and father on the quaint but fictional island nation of Nollop,
just off the coast of the United States.
Nollopian residents are veritable word smiths, masters of the English
language who revere Nevin Nollop, the national icon who composed the sentence:
“The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.”
His immortal effigy (and the tiled plaque of his prestigious pangram)
resides in the town square, as a testament to the islanders’ admiration and
commitment to etymological excellence.
When a
terrible storm blows off the Z tile, the Nollopian High Council interprets the
fall as a manifestation of The Great Nollop’s will that the letter be stricken
from their spoken and written language.
The new law has far reaching ramifications; nearly all books are
banished and those who flout the new prohibition are subject to public humiliation,
flogging, banishment, or worse. Resourceful
townsfolk find new ways to communicate in writing, but as more letters fall and
their useable alphabet diminishes, their words become stilted and tongues tied
with fear. As violations abound and their
hope dwindles, a clandestine journalist from the mainland travels to Nollop and
brings with him an idea that might save their beloved language and topple Nevin
Nollop from his proverbial pedestal.
My rating: 5 Stars (fabulous! I'll be recommending this to people in the grocery store)
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I think that this book would go over many a young adult's head, but there is nothing in it that would keep me from letting one of them read it.
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Sum it up: N umzn n funtustk buk (written w/ 8 consonants and one vowel)
1 comment:
An amazing and fantastic book?!
I am so excited to read this! What an enticing review; thank you.
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