Ellen Foster duology
Author
1) Ellen Foster
Author
Series
Ellen Foster duology volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Ellen Foster duology volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Ellen Foster, fifteen years old, formidable, and back in North Carolina with a loving new foster mother, has written to the president of Harvard, asking for early admission. Having already crammed a lot of tragedy, adversity, and trauma into her young years, surely she's due something. In the meantime, she's got a lot on her plate: composing poetry and selling it to classmates; trying to tactfully back away from a marriage proposal from her best...