Early Chapter Book
Get Ella to the Apollo
- by Lisa Mullarkey and John Mullarkey
- (Calico, 2015)
Thirteen-year-old Chloe and her younger brother Parker are transported back to 1934 Harlem where they meet Ella Fitzgerald the day before she wins Amateur Night at the Apollo, but with Ella making plans to miss the event, the kids have to get her to the Apollo and convince her to sing instead of dance. —based on the copyright page
“Okay,” I said as I squeezed my eyes shut. “I wish I could meet the one and only Ella Fitzgerald.
Just then, a strange tingling sensation shot through my body. When I opened my eyes, there was a flash of light. It was as if someone snapped a picture. Then the hat started to shake on my head. Before long, the whole room shook.
