Elvis, me, and the lemonade stand summer
Title
:
Elvis, me, and the lemonade stand summer
Personal Author EPSB
:
Leslie, Gentile
Summary
:
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 on an Indigenous reserve 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.
Year Published
:
2021
Physical Description
:
192 pages ; 21 cm
Personal Subject
:
Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977-Sightings-Fiction.
Subject
:
Indigenous children -- Fiction.
Indigenous reservations -- British Columbia -- Fiction.
Family -- Fiction.
Mother-daughter relationship -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Vancouver Island (B.C.) -- Fiction.
Summary
:
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 on an Indigenous reserve 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.
ISBN
:
9781770866157
Publisher
:
Toronto : DCB Young Readers, 2021.
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Edmonton Christian West | YA GEN | Book | 38515000492770 | Young Adult |