Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer

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.

Author: Leslie Gentile
Publisher: Dcb Young Readers
Published: 03/27/2021
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781770866157
ISBN10: 1770866159
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General
- Juvenile Fiction | Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island