Plot synopsis
The book Ella Minnow Pea takes place on an Island called Nollopton. First of all, a guy named Mr. Nollop made a sentence that has every single letter of the alphabet in it. The sentence is “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. The island thought that it was so cool that they made a sign and on the sign was the sentence (it was a hundred years ago). Also, the island was isolated from the rest of the world. They did not have the modern day technology that we have. That is some important things that one would need to know to understand the book.
So, in the beginning of the book Ella Minnow Pea we are introduced to the character Ella. Ella lives in Nollopton and she is writing to her cousin Tassie. They mail each other through out the entire book. Ella is telling Tassie about how the sign that they have worshiped for a hundred years is falling apart. The first letter fell off the sign. The letter is “Z”, and people do not know what to do about it. So, the council gets together and decide that the letter Z will be taken out of the alphabet. No one is allowed to say it or be seen using it. All the books containing the letter Z are burned. Then in the next chapter the next letter falls off of the sign. The letter is Q. People start to get upset by this but most people are afraid to speak up. But, William Crevy is not afraid to. He says what is on his mind and for using banded letters he gets banished.
Later on, Ella makes a deal with the council called the enterprise 32 and it becomes very important. It is if they can figure out a sentence with every letter of the alphabet and the sentence only will have 32 letters that this will be the end of letter banishment. Also, Ella’s family leaves her alone on the island and leaving her all alone to figure it out.
Then, through out the entire book more and more letters fall off the sign. Soon they are not allowed to say almost anything, it becomes very hard for them. Then, the council finally figures out that they should take down the sign and they are allowed to say anything they want. Also, they get some modern day technology. That is what happens in Ella Minnow Pea.