num_pages: 130
description: When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy'. So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kaye Gibbons's much acclaimed first novel. The story of an eleven year old orphan, driven to desperation by some of the wickedest relatives in literary history, this is the story of her battle for survival.
language: English
title: Ellen Foster
titlecomplete: Ellen Foster
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, School, Young Adult, Adult, Classics, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Southern, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 30588
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: Virago