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Series Bundle: Elvis, Me, and the Eagle Shores Trailer Park
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This bundle includes titles in the Elvis, Me, and the Eagle Shores Trailer Park series by Leslie Gentile.
- Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer
- Elvis, Me, and the Postcard Winter
This series is recommended for grades 4 to 7.
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Elvis, Me, and the Eagle Shores Trailer Park Titles
Synopsis:
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.
Awards
- Winner of the 2021 City of Victoria Children's Book Prize
Educator & Series Information
Recommended for ages 9-12 (middle-grade read).
Content Warning: Use of a term from the era of the book, "Indian," is used occasionally.
DCB Young Readers has created a teacher's guide for this work, which can be downloaded here: Teachers Guide - Elvis, Me and the Lemonade Stand Summer
This is the first book in the Elvis, Me, and the Eagle Shores Trailer Park series.
Additional Information
192 pages | 5.37" x 8.00"
Synopsis:
Guitar practice, Andy El’s birthday, her mom’s unexpected return — Truly has a lot to write to Elvis about this winter.
Vancouver Island, 1979. Winter rains have swept into Eagle Shores Trailer Park, and twelve-year-old Truly has settled in with Andy El, the Salish Elder who took her in after she was abandoned by her mom, Clarice. When Elvis, the thought-to-be-dead King of Rock ’n’ Roll and Truly’s postcard pen pal, gifts her a secondhand guitar, Truly’s growing love of music deepens her bond with her new family — now including Andy El’s nephew, Raymond, Truly’s new puppy, Gracie, and Andy El’s granddaughters, Agnes and Linda.
But Clarice shatters Truly’s world again when she unexpectedly returns, asking for a second chance at being a good mom. Can Clarice really change? Can Truly ever forgive her? If so, is she willing to give up her new life with Andy El to move back in with her mom?
Educator & Series Information
Recommended for ages 9 to 12.
This is the second book in the Elvis, Me and the Eagle Shores Trailer Park series.
Additional Information
200 pages | 5.37" x 8.00" | Paperback
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