The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane Summary

I read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. It is a fiction novel about learning to love. The story is told through the eyes of Edward, a china rabbit. The story starts on Egypt Street in the 1930’s and from there Edward travels to many more outlandish places. At every new place Edward ends up, he becomes wiser and learn the true meaning of love. The story begins with Edward and his owner Abilene, living together on Egypt Street. Abilene takes him everywhere and often reminds him that she loves him. Edward on the other hand is narcissistic and only listens to the things that benefit him. If it was not for a trip on an cruse ship and a terrible accident of being thrown overboard, Edward might have gone on being just his little selfish self. Instead he ends up laying
In the home of the fisherman and his wife, Edward starts to care for them and listens to them. Misfortune befalls him again, however, and he ends up in a dump. From there he is rescued by a tramp named Bull and his dog Lucy. He began a life of great adventure and learns to enjoy the love, company, and stories from Bull and the other hobos. Now he listens to every thing and really feels compassion for them. He opens his heart and stars to love.
After many joyous years with Bull and Lucy, he gets tossed out of a train car. The next day a little boy named Brice decides that Edward is just what his sick four-year-old sister needs. Sara Ruth makes Edward realize he has a heart because it breaks when she dies. Brice tries to make some money on the street corner to get something to eat. After the cook at the dinner realizes that the boy has little money to pay he smashes Edward’s head in to a hundred pieces. Brice takes him to a doll maker to repair him but in return the doll maker gets to keep him. After many years of siting on the shelf telling him self someone will come, someone does come.That someone is Abilene and her