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Gibbons, Kaye Reserve Kit Ellen Foster Ellen Foster is an 11-year-old orphan, an old woman in a child's body; her frail, unhappy mother dies, her abusive father alternately neglects her and makes advances on her, and she is shuttled from one uncaring relative's home to another before she finally takes matters into her own hands and finds herself a place to belong. Ellen is at the mercy of predatory adults, with only her own wits and courage--and the occasional kindness of others--to help her through. That she does, in fact, survive her childhood and even rise above it is the book's bittersweet victory. 146 p. 1987 Adult Fiction Book Discussion Questions

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