The life all around me by Ellen Foster
Gibbons, Kaye , 1960-
The life all around me by Ellen Foster / Kaye Gibbons - 1st ed - Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt , c2006. - 218 p. ; 21 cm.
This sequel to Gibbon's beloved classic Ellen Foster stands on its own as an unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent making herself up out of whole cloth. Now fifteen, Ellen 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 in the world. Her sole surviving ritual - a visit to the county fair - takes on totemic importance. 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 negotiates her way into a larger world by selling her poetry to pay her way to a camp for gifted students. With a singular mix of perspicacity, and compassion, Ellen draws us into her life and makes us fall in love with her all over again. Anyone considering making an underage change in life, such as who you're going to live with, should know there's no way to avoid the government getting in on the decision, so try to be kind to the lady they'll send with a stack of tests. Try to stay calm and do your best on them.
9780151012046
2005014552
Teenage girls----Fiction
Foster home care----Fiction
Poetry----Authorship----Fiction
North Carolina----Fiction
Domestic fiction
PS3557.I13917 / L54 2006
FIC GIB
The life all around me by Ellen Foster / Kaye Gibbons - 1st ed - Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt , c2006. - 218 p. ; 21 cm.
This sequel to Gibbon's beloved classic Ellen Foster stands on its own as an unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent making herself up out of whole cloth. Now fifteen, Ellen 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 in the world. Her sole surviving ritual - a visit to the county fair - takes on totemic importance. 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 negotiates her way into a larger world by selling her poetry to pay her way to a camp for gifted students. With a singular mix of perspicacity, and compassion, Ellen draws us into her life and makes us fall in love with her all over again. Anyone considering making an underage change in life, such as who you're going to live with, should know there's no way to avoid the government getting in on the decision, so try to be kind to the lady they'll send with a stack of tests. Try to stay calm and do your best on them.
9780151012046
2005014552
Teenage girls----Fiction
Foster home care----Fiction
Poetry----Authorship----Fiction
North Carolina----Fiction
Domestic fiction
PS3557.I13917 / L54 2006
FIC GIB
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