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The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster
Contributor(s): Gibbons, Kaye (Author)

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ISBN: 0156032902     ISBN-13: 9780156032902
Publisher: Mariner Books
OUR PRICE: $20.85  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2006
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Annotation: A sequel to the now-classic "Ellen Foster" picks up Ellen's life five years later, at 15, with a new mother, a home, a mind too large for her surroundings, and a brave and compassionate integrity.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Southern
- Fiction | Coming Of Age
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 14-UP
Grade Level: 9-UP
Lexile Measure: 1420(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 8" L (0.60 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 106007
Reading Level: 6.7   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
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Publisher Description:
In this sequel to Gibbons's beloved classic Ellen Foster, Ellen, now fifteen, is settled into a permanent home with a new mother. Strengthened by adversity and blessed with enough intelligence to design a salvation for herself, she still feels ill at ease. But while she holds fast to the shreds of her child­hood--humoring her best friend, Stuart, who is determined to marry her; and protecting her old neighbor, slow-witted Starletta--she begins to negotiate her way into a larger world.

With a singular mix of perspicacity, na vet , and compas­sion, Ellen draws us into her life and makes us fall in love with her all over again.


Contributor Bio(s): Gibbons, Kaye: - KAYE GIBBONS is the author of seven bestselling novels. Her first novel, Ellen Foster, was awarded the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a special citation from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. That novel, as well as A Virtuous Woman, was chosen for Oprah's Book Club. Gibbons lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
 
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