Ellen Foster (Oprah's Book Club) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781616203023)

"Filled with lively humor, compassion, and intimacy."
--Alice Hoffman, The New York Times Book Review

"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy." With that opening sentence we enter the childhood world of one of the most appealing young heroines in contemporary fiction. Her courage, her humor, and her wisdom are unforgettable as she tells her own story with stunning honesty and insight. An Oprah Book Club selection, this powerful novel has become an American classic.

Winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's Citation for Fiction.

Author: Kaye Gibbons
ISBN-10: 1616203021
ISBN-13: 9781616203023
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2012
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 19886 / Ellen Foster