The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster

The Life All Around Me by Ellen FosterIn 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

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.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 11/06/2006
ISBN: 9780156032902
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 106007 / Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster
Reading Level: 6.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8