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1. www.goodreads.com › book › showEllen Foster by Kaye Gibbons | Goodreads

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   Jan 21, 1987 · Ellen Foster is the abused Pippi Longstocking of the South, an adorable quirky confabulation who overcomes difficulty, circumvents evil and triumphs in developing tender and enlightened compassion for her Black friend, whom she understands will always have a hard life.

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   ELLEN FOSTER. A short first novel told in the laconic and telegraph-style voice of an 11-year-old girl down South. Ellen Foster is a kind of Huck Finn, smarter than her years and with wit and resilience in plentiful measure, whose orphan adventures lead her, at last, to a happy home.

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   Orphaned by her father's death, for the first time she is given a warm welcome. Ellen overcomes her racial prejudice and is happy when her new mama allows Starletta to spend the weekend with her at her new home. Characters. Ellen Foster is the 10-year-old protagonist of the novel.

4. www.whatisthatbookabout.com › reviews › 2014/6/8Review: Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons - What Is That Book About

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   Jun 8, 2014 · Narrated by 12-year-old Ellen Foster, a poor and uneducated Southerner, Ellen Foster follows its courageous and charismatic heroine's journey from her mother's suicide through her father's alcoholism and abuse to a loving foster family.

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   Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Ellen Foster at Amazon.com. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

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6. www.litlovers.com › reading-guides › 290-ellenEllen Foster (Gibbons) - LitLovers

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   Our Reading Guide for Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons includes a Book Club Discussion Guide, Book Review, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio.

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   Is Ellen Foster a good story?

   • This is a short but powerful and a lot of the time a painful story . Ellen Foster is a precocious eleven year old girl whose courage and strength and infinite wisdom carry her through things that no child should bear .

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   What happened to Ellen Foster?

   • Ellen Foster was the story of its namesake, who had suffered years of tough luck and cruelty until finding her way into the home of a kind foster mother. Now, In 2006, some nineteen years later, author Kaye Gibbons wrote a continuation of Ellen's story. Ellen is now fifteen and living in a permanent household with her new adoptive mother.

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   How old is Ellen Foster?

   • Ellen Foster is only 11 years old but is an “old soul” and there is a lot to be learned from her character. The story is told through her voice and the author really gets into her head giving a sense for all she is thinking and feeling.

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   What's in the reading guide for Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons?

   • ( Questions issued by publisher .) top of page (summary) Our Reading Guide for Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons includes a Book Club Discussion Guide, Book Review, Plot Summary-Synopsis and Author Bio.

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   Ellen Foster. by Kaye Gibbons. 1. Ellen is searching for a home. How does she define home at the beginning of the novel, and how does she refine her definition during the course of the narrative? What examples of family life and of parenthood has she had to guide her? How do the various parents she observes measure up?