Oprah's Book Club: Ellen Foster (Paperback)

from rainpebble

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons; (3*) Ellen Foster is a small book with a big story. The time it will take to read it is time well spent. This novel provides a reminder that it is really up to each of...

from karenlisa

Ellen Foster By Kaye Gibbons Fall in love with this spunky, honest, smart, clever, brave young girl named Ellen. In a small backward southern town Ellen's mother dies from a heart condition and pur...

from dchaikin

"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my Daddy." - Says 11-year-old Ellen in the opening line. A white orphan from a very racist North Carolina, she narrates this short book in almost a ...

from -Cee-

To be immersed in the naiveté and honesty of a child's thinking in this book is refreshing, sad and often very funny. Ellen Foster, a 10 year old and perceptive beyond her years, narrates her exper...

from BookConcierge

5***** and a &#10084 A heart-breaking story of triumph over adversity. A young girl from an abusive family dreams of being part of the Foster family she sees in church on Sundays ... the kids are a...