num_pages: 240
description: In this sequel to Gibbons’s beloved classic Ellen Foster, Ellen, now fifteen, 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. But 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 begins to negotiate her way into a larger world.   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. 
language: English
title: The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster
titlecomplete: The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster (Ellen Foster, #2)
genres: Historical Fiction, Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Young Adult, Literature, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1751
series: Ellen Foster
publisher: Mariner Books