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Ellen Foster
Ellen Foster
Author: Kaye Gibbons
Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and of the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's Citation for Fiction. An eleven-year-old heroine tells her unforgettable story with honesty, perceptivity, humor, and unselfconscious heroism. "The honesty of thought and eye and feeling and word!"--Eudora Welty; "A lo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781565122055
ISBN-10: 1565122054
Publication Date: 1/12/1987
Pages: 168
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Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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How much can one little girl take? Quite a bit, when she's feisty and smart, fearless and determined. I loved discovering the meaning of the book's title. This trim and touching book was impossible to put down.
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Another great Oprah Book Club book about a feisty southern girl. This was also made into a great movie. I highly recommend this book!

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