Elsie Mae Has Something to Say

Name: Elsie Mae Has Something to Say
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Nancy J. Cavanaugh
ISBN: 9781520079127

Author: Nancy J. Cavanaugh

Narrator: Cassandra Lee Morris

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 09/05/2017

Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories

Synopsis

Elsie Mae has long treasured summers with her grandparents in the Okefenokee Swamp, so she is devastated to hear that a shipping company plans to build a canal right through it. What will that mean for the people and animals that call the swamp home? So she writes a letter directly to President Franklin Roosevelt himself and sets off to enjoy what may be her last happy summer there with her new dog, Huck. But when she arrives, she discovers a team of hog bandits who have been stealing from the swamper families. When her cousin Henry James, who dreams of one day becoming a traveling preacher like his daddy, shows up, Elsie doesn't think things could get worse. But then she devises a plan to use Henry and his Hallelujahs to help stop the thieves-and maybe make just enough noise to gain Roosevelt's attention...

About Nancy J. Cavanaugh

Nancy Cavanaugh has a BS in education and an MA in curriculum and instruction. A teacher for more than fifteen years, she currently works as a Library Media Specialist at an elementary school and lives in Tarpon Springs, FL with her husband and their daughter. For more information, visit www.nancyjcavanaugh.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mel (Epic Reading)

This is an adorable, 7-11 kids read. It's got dogs, bandits, a swamp, boats, simple politics and a loving Grandma and Grandpa in it. Very perfect for little girls or boys. I would recommend it as a read to them story, in case they have questions, but it's mostly fun with a good morale at the end. It......more

Goodreads review by Brooke

3.5 rating. Thanks to SOURCEBOOKS Jabberwocky and NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. "Elsie Mae Has Something to Say" is about a little girl who spends her summers at her grandparents house who live on a swamp that is in the process of being sold to a shipping company.......more

Goodreads review by Suze

Elsie Mae loves spending summers with her grandparents at the Okefenokee Swamp. She's a city girl from a large family and here she has complete freedom and she can be herself. Because hardly anyone notices Elsie Mae at home she wants to do something brave, she'd like to be a hero for once. When the......more

Goodreads review by Aryana

This was such a good book! I loved it so much! It has a really good lesson, about changing your ways, and not being selfish/prideful, caring for and loving others, and many many others/more. I really loved this book and I definitely recommend it to everyone-it's for all ages!......more