num_pages: 168
description: An eleven-year-old heroine tells her unforgettable story with honesty, perceptivity, humor, and unselfconscious heroism.
language: English
title: Ellen Foster
titlecomplete: Ellen Foster (Ellen Foster, #1)
genres: Literary Fiction, Southern, Fiction, Contemporary, Coming Of Age, Adult, Adult Fiction, School, Young Adult, Classics
ratings_count: 30590
places: North Carolina
series: Ellen Foster
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Algonquin Books