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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Ellen Foster Information
3,365 words, approx. 11 pages
 Ellen Foster is a 1987 novel by American novelist Kaye Gibbons. It was a selection of Oprah's Book Club in October of 1997. (ISBN 1-56512-205-4) The book is also a standard text in high school and university courses on American literature in countries...
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 Minnesota Monthly The Return of Ellen Foster
01/01/2006: 764 words, approx. 3 pages Author Kaye Gibbons talks about her latest novel and her love of the Twin Cities ahead of Talking Volumes appearance With a new book out, The Life All Around Me, a sequel to her awardwinning novel Ellen Foster, Kaye Gibbons could be taking... summary from source:
The Boston Globe Malone shines in `Ellen Foster'
12/12/1997: 390 words, approx. 1 pagesELLEN FOSTER Starring: Jena Malone, Ted Levine, Julie Harris, Kate Burton Directed by: John Erman On: CBS, Ch. 4. Time: Sunday at 9 p.m., as a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation Rated: TVPG With "Bastard Out of Carolina," "Hope," and now "Ellen Foster," 12-year-old...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Giavanna Munafo
9,855 words, approx. 33 pages
In the following essay, Munafo discusses Ellen's changing attitudes toward racial differences in Gibbons's Ellen Foster and the implications Ellen's attitude has on the novel as an antiracist text.
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Critical Essay by Sharon Monteith
8,714 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, Monteith studies how the structure of Gibbons's Ellen Foster as a monologue affects the presentation of the relationship between Ellen and Starletta, demonstrating how Ellen's first-person narration essentially robs Starletta of her own voice in the novel.
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Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 92%Forced Adulthood in Ellen Foster
1,924 words, approx. 6 pages
Examines themes from the novel Ellen Foster, by Kaye Gibbons. Discusses racial conflict in the text and analyzes the title character, Ellen. Details her evolution and maturation throughout the story.
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