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The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Gibbons, Kaye
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151012040
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012046
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated 'For Melodie, All joy' by author on title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket as new. Faint rubbing to heel of book spine. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 218 p. Audience: Young adult. By the Sue Kaufman Prize-winning author of 'Ellen Foster' and 'The Lunatics Ball'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Synopsis
This sequel to Gibbons's beloved classic Ellen Foster stands on its own as an unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent making herself up out of whole cloth. Now fifteen, Ellen is settled into a permanent home with a new mother. Strengthened by adversity and blessed with enough intelligence to design a salvation for herself, she still feels ill at ease in the world. Her sole surviving ritual-a visit to the county fair-takes on totemic importance. While she holds fast to the shreds of her childhood-humoring her best friend, Stuart, who is determined to marry her; and protecting her old neighbor, slow-witted Starletta-she negotiates her way into a larger world by selling her poetry to pay her way to a camp for gifted students. With a singular mix of perspicacity, naïveté, and compassion, Ellen draws us into her life and makes us fall in love with her all over again. Anyone considering making an underage change in life, such as who you're going to live with, should know there's no way to avoid the government getting in on the decision, so try to be kind to the lady they'll send with a stack of tests. Try to stay calm and do your best on them. -from The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster
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- Title
- The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
- Author
- Gibbons, Kaye
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151012040
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012046
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 224
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