Ellie Pillai is Brown

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Ms Pillainayagam added: “I am so grateful to have this opportunity to show all the kids out there who don’t believe they’re extraordinary, that they are.”

Ellie Pillai is Brown is the debut YA novel from Christine Pillainayagam. It is a powerhouse of a coming-of-age story that is funny, charming and thought provoking.The way the book is structured and designed also appeals to me. The colourfulness, the small doodles and the songs! I’m fascinated by the songs. They not only sound beautiful, but also have profound lyrics. Thaxton said: “When I first read Christine’s novel I pinched myself – it couldn’t possibly be a debut; or this thought-provoking and funny. Christine is the voice of a generation. My journey with Ellie Pillai is Brown has been an honour and a blast – because Christine is the real deal and gorgeous with it too. She writes for readers who absurdly haven’t yet seen themselves in novels - what marks her out as exceptional is that she does so with such style, intelligence and charm, citing universal truths that have stayed with me and all who read her novels long after reading. Maisie Chan, who won the 2022 Branford Boase Award for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths and was a judge this year, says, ‘Ellie Pillai is Brown is a wonderfully lyrical book about the messy teenage years told with humour and pathos. Ellie is a character you want to root for and hug. It is an expertly crafted book that looks at first love, identity and grief.’

The Primary School Library Alliance is calling on the government to match-fund the private investment it has brought into helping primary schools c... My name is Ellie. Ellie Pillai . . . And I suppose I am a little bit weird, but then, aren’t we all, just a little bit? The perfect coming-of-age summer romance by the most spectacularly funny and original debut UKYA voice. I just finished the book, and… I really, really, loved it! As a reader who had read the first book—Ellie Pillai is Brown— last year and waited since then for the sequel to come out, I can say that my expectation for the second book was super duper high. But despite of my ever-high expectation, I am so satisfied with this book.I thoroughly enjoyed meeting Ellie Pillai! She is such a likeable mid teen with the usual hang ups about herself, learning how she fits in at school, with friends, at home, discovering the complications of being attracted to someone already spoken for, and slowly becoming more confident through drama. out of 5 ... My rating might change to a 2 star because honestly, I didn't really enjoy this as much as I wanted to but there are some things I appreciated. In her debut YA novel, protagonist Ellie Pillai feels somewhere between invisible and not very cool - and usually, she is okay with that. But recently, Ellie feels different. The eponymous Ellie Pillai is aged 15, a British Indian girl from a sleepy English village. Her mother and father are extremely over-protective, having lost her younger brother Amis to leukaemia at the age of twelve. For her GCSE examinations her parents want Ellie to take computer science. They want Ellie to be qualified for a good job when she is grown up. They also believe that since she is not particularly good-looking she needs to demonstrate her intelligence. Ms Pillainayagam was born in Norwich, grew up in Sheringham and attended school in Holt and Norwich. She now lives in Faversham in Kent.