Elvis, me, and the lemonade stand summer / Leslie Gentile.
Material type: TextPublisher: Toronto : DCB Young Readers, 2021Description: 199 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781770866157
- 1770866159
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | GENTILE LESLIE | Checked out | 05/30/2024 | 33111010507172 | |||
Children's Book | Northport Library | Children's Fiction | GENTILE LESLIE | Checked out | 06/04/2024 | 33111009843646 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Winner of the 2021 City of Victoria Children's Book Prize
Winner of the 2022 Jean Little First-Novel Award It's the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But not eleven-year-old Truly Bateman - because she knows Elvis is alive and well and living in the Eagle Shores Trailer Park. Maybe no one ever thought to look for him at on the Eagle Shores First Nation on Vancouver Island.
It's a busy summer for Truly. Though her mother is less of a mother than she ought to be, and spends her time drinking and smoking and working her way through new boyfriends, Truly is determined to raise as much money for herself as she can through her lemonade stand ... and to prove that her cool new neighbour is the one and only King of Rock 'n' Roll. And when she can't find motherly support in her own home, she finds sanctuary with Andy El, the Salish woman who runs the trailer park.
"It's the summer of 1978 and most people think Elvis Presley has been dead for a year. But eleven-year-old Truly knows Elvis is alive and well and living in her trailer park. It's a busy summer. Though Truly's mother is constantly drinking, smoking, and juggling new boyfriends, Truly is determined to raise money for herself through her lemonade stand, and to prove that her cool new neighbor is the King of Rock 'n' Roll. And when she can't find motherly support in her own home, she finds sanctuary with Andy El, the Salish woman who runs the trailer park."-- Provided by publisher.