The life all around me by Ellen Foster / Kaye Gibbons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gibbons, Kaye, 1960-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenage girls--Fiction.

Teenage girls.

Foster home care--Fiction.

Foster home care.

Poetry--Authorship.

Poetry--Authorship--Fiction.

Poetry.

North Carolina--Fiction.

North Carolina.

Genre:

Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

218 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, [2006]

Summary:

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.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0151012040

OCLC:

60419720

Publisher Number:

9780151012046