other citizens. There are many that just follow the orders of the council, but, once affected by them, decide that a change must be made. The citizens have two distinct choices: submit to the rules and live a life of misery or stand up for what is rightfully theirs and live a life of freedom. Film adaptation In March 2016, Gold Leaf Films announced they have optioned the film rights to Ella Minnow Pea. In September 2021, it was reported that Heather Hemmens would direct and produce the film in her directorial debut from a screenplay written by Tom Morash. Megan Jordan and M. Elizabeth Hughes are also producers. Awards and nominations Ella Minnow Pea was selected as Borders' Book of the Year. Ella Minnow Pea was a "Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers and a Borders Original Voices pick (and a finalist for Original Voices Book of the Year), but it ranked second on the Top Ten BookSense 76 Picklist." Larson Award-winning writers Scott Burkell (script/lyrics) and Paul Loesel (composer) selected it out of many books to be produced as a musical. Its first full production was in November 2008 at the Arthur Miller Theatre on the University of Michigan campus, performed by auditioned students in the musical theater program. Anne Markt and Derek Carley starred. The full story can be read at Playbill. Translations Despite the highly linguistic nature of this book, several translators were up to the challenge. Ella Minnow Pea has been translated into French as L'Isle Lettrée by Marie-Claude Plourde, into Italian as Lettere: Fiaba epistolare in lipogrammi progressivi by Daniele Petruccioli, and into German as Nollops Vermächtnis by Henning Ahrens. References 2001 American novels Epistolary novels Lipograms Novels set in South Carolina Novels set on islands Novels about totalitarianism MacAdam/Cage books