Ellen Foster

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Author:
Gibbons, Kaye, 1960-
Series:
Vintage Contemporaries
Publisher:
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Language:
English
Lexile measure:
870L
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Description

Having suffered abuse and misfortune for much of her life, a young child searches for a better life and finally gets a break in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.

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Children of alcoholics
Children of alcoholics -- Fiction
Children of alcoholics -- Southern States -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Foster children
Foster children -- Juvenile fiction
Foster parents
Foster parents -- Fiction
Girls
Girls -- Fiction
Girls -- Southern States -- Fiction
Large type books
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Orphans
Orphans -- Fiction
Southern States -- Fiction

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Contributors:
Phimister, Ruth Ann,narrator
Phimister, Ruth Ann,reader
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ISBN:
9781616203023
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9780788739651
9780912697529
9780743546690
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 4.7, 6 Points
Lexile measure:
870L

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Last Grouping Update2025-07-12 15:48:34PM
Last Indexed2025-07-13 22:57:08PM

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