Five top child narrators

At The Barnes & Noble Book Blog Hanna McGrath tagged five favorite child narrators, including:
Ellen Foster (Ellen Foster, by Kaye Gibbons)

The first line of Ellen Foster, “When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy,” sure is a ballsy way to start a story, especially considering what “little” must mean to an 11-year-old. But it’s also fitting—Ellen is as bold and unabashed as this