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Elvis, me, and the lemonade stand summer
| Title | Elvis, me, and the lemonade stand summer |
| Names | Gentile, Leslie. |
| Book Number | DBC19091 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Books |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Downloadable talking book. | |
| Annotation | 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. 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 and is a connection to Truly's own Indigenous roots. For grades 4-7. Unrated. |
| General Notes | Available from BARD courtesy of the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. |
| Local Notes | "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 neighbour 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. |
| Narrator | Frick Schwartz, Pamela |
| Length | 1 online resource (audio (4 hours, 11 minutes)) |
| Local Subject | Historical fiction - FI1 |
| Realistic fiction [YA] - JY8 | |
| Juvenile and adolescent problems - JY1 | |
| Juvenile and young adult - JY | |
| Juvenile book - JU | |
| Own voices - OV | |
| Northwest - NW | |
| Native Americans - NW - NW3 | |
| Northwest fiction - NW1 | |
| Northwest historical fiction - NW6 | |
| Produced at WTBBL - PAW | |
| LC Subject | Dysfunctional families - Juvenile fiction |
| Indian reservations - British Columbia - Juvenile fiction |
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| Indigenous children - Juvenile fiction |
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| Mothers and daughters - Juvenile fiction |
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| Vancouver Island (B.C.) - Juvenile fiction |
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| Fiction |
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| Audience Notes | 4 NLS/BPH |
| Unrated. NLS/BPH |
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| Call Number | j813.6 |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2021 |
| Publication Info | Seattle : DCB 2021 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: Toronto, Ontario : DCB, 2021. 9781770866157 |
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