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Ellen Foster

by Kaye Gibbons


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An 11-year-old girl narrates this award-winning first novel. Ellen witnesses her beloved mother's suicide and is forced to live with her alcoholic father. Unable to stand his behavior, she runs away to live with her art teacher. A painful story of a young girl's search for identity and love.


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9781565122055 9781565122055, Hardcover, Algonquin Books, 1987

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9780394757575 9780394757575, Paperback, Vintage Books, 1988

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9780743546690 9780743546690, Digital, Simon & Schuster Audio,

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9780912697529 9780912697529, Hardcover, Workman Pub Co, 1987

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9780679728665 9780679728665, Paperback, Random House Inc, 1990

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9780783801155 9780783801155, Hardcover, Thorndike Pr, 1998

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9780754033165 9780754033165, Paperback, Thorndike Pr, 1998

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9780754033158 9780754033158, Hardcover, Thorndike Pr, 1998

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9780671885670 9780671885670, Audio Cassette, Simon & Schuster, 1996

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9780671798604 9780671798604, Audio Cassette, Simon & Schuster, 1999

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9780375703058 9780375703058, Paperback, Vintage Books, 1997

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Publisher Notes

One of the most talked-about and endearing first novels in years bears the story of a female Huck Finn and her search for a true home.

Synopses

Having suffered abuse and misfortune for much of her life, a young child searches for a better life and finally gets a break in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.

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