The Miraculous Journey of Edward

Tulane By. Andrey, Blair, Elizabeth, Jack, K.C.

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Summary

Edward Tulane is an arrogant china rabbit who lives on Egypt Street until his owner Abiline and her family go on a cruise to England. Edward gets thrown overboard and ends up going on a miraculous journey. He ends up meeting new people and finding out what the true meaning of love is.

ThemeAppreciate what you have because you could lose it all so suddenly.

Examples from the book:

When he got thrown off the boat, he lost all his fancy clothes and was naked.

Edward, the China Rabbit, lost Abiline who originally owned Edward, and he lost Nellie, Lucy and Bull, and Sara Ruth and Bryce.

Changes in Main Characters

PeopleHow

Edward changed

How people change

Nellie He started to

appreciate lesser items

Nellie felt happy again

Bull + Lucy

He started to

appreciate people

They had a new friend

Bryce + Sara Ruth

He started to

see themeaning of love

Give determina

tion

Baby doll Renewed love after

losing everyone

Didn't change

Lessons Learned

Edward learned that he should:

Edward learned that tuxedos and golden watches are nice but being loved is better!

What we learned:

I learned that I may have great things but I wouldn't without my family.(Blair)

I learned that love is better than having a lot of money. Even though you’re rich in money you would probably be poor in heart.(Elizabeth)

Lessons Learned

Owning a lot of things does not make you a better person. Loving people besides yourself does.(K.C.)

I learned that nobody's worth loving if they don't love you. (Jack)

I learned that being fancy does not mean you get what you want.(Andrey)