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The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster
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Kaye Gibbons
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
December 27, 2005
Pages
218
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780151012046
ISBN-10
0151012040
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
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Original list price
$23.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A sequel to Ellen Foster finds fifteen-year-old Ellen settling into a permanent home with a new mother, where she manages conflicted feelings through her ritual visits to the county fair, her poetry, and her growing relationship with marriage-oriented Stuart. 150,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
This sequel to Gibbons'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, naïveté, 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.
-from The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster
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.
-from The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster
Editions
Hardcover
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from Houghton Mifflin (December 27, 2005)
9780151012046 | details & prices | 218 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $23.00
About: Fifteen-year-old Ellen settles into a permanent home with a new mother, where she manages conflicted feelings through her ritual visits to the county fair, her poetry, and her growing relationship with marriage-oriented Stuart.
About: Fifteen-year-old Ellen settles into a permanent home with a new mother, where she manages conflicted feelings through her ritual visits to the county fair, her poetry, and her growing relationship with marriage-oriented Stuart.
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (December 20, 2005)
9780375728518 | details & prices | 296 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Fifteen-year-old Ellen settles into a permanent home with a new mother, where she manages conflicted feelings through her ritual visits to the county fair, her poetry, and her growing relationship with marriage-oriented Stuart.
About: Fifteen-year-old Ellen settles into a permanent home with a new mother, where she manages conflicted feelings through her ritual visits to the county fair, her poetry, and her growing relationship with marriage-oriented Stuart.
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (December 20, 2005)
9780375728518 | details & prices | 296 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Fifteen-year-old Ellen settles into a permanent home with a new mother, where she manages conflicted feelings through her ritual visits to the county fair, her poetry, and her growing relationship with marriage-oriented Stuart.
About: Fifteen-year-old Ellen settles into a permanent home with a new mother, where she manages conflicted feelings through her ritual visits to the county fair, her poetry, and her growing relationship with marriage-oriented Stuart.
Paperback
1 edition from Mariner Books (November 6, 2006)
9780156032902 | details & prices | 222 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $21.95
About: This sequel to Ellen Foster stands on its own as an unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent making herself up out of whole cloth.
About: This sequel to Ellen Foster stands on its own as an unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent making herself up out of whole cloth.
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