Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

Ella Minnow Pea is a girl the age of 18 who begins the book by writing a series of letters to her cousin Tassie, who has journeyed off-island to the Village. Her first letter explains her concern for what is happening to the cenotaph of the founder of their lofty language, Nevin Nollop. His famous sentence is tiled on the monument on the island of Nollop to exhibit its existence. As the story proceeds, various letters begin falling off the cenotaph. From there on the five High Council members decide that the aforementioned falling of the tile is a sign from Nollop that these letters should not be used any longer. They see it as a challenge to better the citizens of Nollop and anyone who is to disobey these laws will have infractions to deal with. "We slowly conclude that without language, without culture--the two are inextricably bound--existence itself is at stake" (Malin 153). Through this interpretation and other events which take place during this novel, a series of word-plays and crazy actions by citizens form this book into an entertaining piece of literature for all.



I absolutely loved this book.  We had to read it for our AP English class, but I would've read it anyway. My friends and I loved it so much, that we are actually trying to do it as well hahaha.  Wish us luck with that :P.I'd recommend this to anyone, for sure. 5 out of 5 stars.