Author: Kate Dicamillo Date published: May 2006 Type of book: Fiction

The story takes place in a lot of places. The story takes place On a cruise, In the ocean, And at a home.

 Here is some of the Characters:  Edward Tulane  Abilene  Grandmother  A fisherman  Hobo  And some others.

The problem is, Edward Tulane is lost because his owner threw him overboard on a cruise ship. He is lost for 267 days in the Ocean. And one day he washes up on shore and a old fisherman takes him home to his family. But the fisherman ends up loosing him and he goes to many place.

Edward ends up finding his owner at the doll shop one day. She does not remember Edward because she is now 20. But she picks him up and Remembers him.

My opinion about this book is it is a real good book. I enjoyed reading it. My teacher in 5 th grade read this too us. And I just read it again recently.

Born: Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo March 25, 1964 ( ) (age 47) Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Occupation: Children's author. Nationality: American.  She wrote the tale of Despereaux.  She wrote Because of Winn-Dixie  DiCamillo suffered from chronic pneumonia.  that’s her >

 1.What was Edwards first owners name?  2.What was Edward made out of?  3.What did he fall off of?  4.Is Edward having a good life through out the book?  5.Who was his last owner?

Edward Tulane is a china rabbit given to a seven-year-old girl named Abilene by her grandmother. He enjoys a pleasant but vain life with his young mistress, who treats him with the utmost love and respect, until an unfortunate incident finds him falling overboard while vacationing on an ocean liner. Edward spends 297 days in the ocean's depths, until a passing fisherman pulls him free. Edward is passed from hand to hand of a succession of life-altering characters, such as a hobo and a girl with pneumonia and her brother. Edward's journeys not only take him far from home, but even farther from the selfish rabbit he once was. Edward is eventually cruelly broken against a counter top edge and then repaired and offered for sale in a doll store for several years, and is bought by Abilene, who is now in her 20's, for her 5-year-old daughter. During his travels he learns the value of love and loss and the undeniable message that loving and losing is better than never having loved at all.