Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer
Written by Leslie Gentile
Published by Cormorant Books
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.
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