{"product_id":"the-life-all-around-me-by-ellen-foster","title":"The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster","description":"This sequel to Gibbons's beloved classic Ellen Foster stands on its own as an unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent making herself up out of whole cloth. Now fifteen, Ellen 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 in the world. Her sole surviving ritual-a visit to the county fair-takes on totemic importance. 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 negotiates her way into a larger world by selling her poetry to pay her way to a camp for gifted students. 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.\n\nAnyone considering making an underage change in life, such\nas who you're going to live with, should know there's no way to\navoid the government getting in on the decision, so try to be\nkind to the lady they'll send with a stack of tests. Try to stay\ncalm and do your best on them.\n\n-from The Life All Around Me By Ellen Foster\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0151012040\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0151012040.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gibbons, Kaye\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935689412669,"sku":"BVV.0151012040.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0151012040-0.jpg?v=1769029731","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-life-all-around-me-by-ellen-foster","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}