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Title	:	The Great Gilly Hopkins
Author	:	Katherine Paterson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 148 pages
Published	:	1996 by Heinemann Educational (first published March 29th 1978)
Categories	:	Fiction. Childrens. Young Adult. Middle Grade. Realistic Fiction

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Watch out world!
The Great Gilly Hopkins is looking for a home. She's a foster kid who's been angry, lonely, and hurting for so long that's she's always ready for a fight. Be on the lookout for her best barracuda smile, the one she saves for well-meaning social workers. Watch out for her most fearful look, a cross between Dracula and Godzilla, used especially to scare shy foster brothers. Don't be fooled by her "Who me?" expression, guaranteed to trick foster parents, teachers, and anyone who gets in her way.

It's Gilly Hopkins vs. the world! And so far, Gilly seems to be winning. But what she doesn't realize is that every time she wins, she really loses, until she discovers a love as formidable as any enemy she's ever known.

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Original Title:	The Great Gilly Hopkins
ISBN:	0435124773 (ISBN13: 9780435124779)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Galadriel Hopkins, Maime Trotter, William Ernest Teague
Setting:	Maryland(United States) Virginia(United States)
Literary Awards:	Newbery Medal Nominee (1979), National Book Award for Children's Literature (1979), Jane Addams Children's Book Award Nominee (1979), Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1981), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1980) Iowa Children's Choice Award (1981), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Intermediate (1981), William Allen White Children's Book Award (1981), National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books (Paperback) (1980)

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4 stars!11 year-old Galadriel Hopkins (AKA Gilly) is a pretty Mean girl. Gilly is Arrogant, Racist, Self-centered, Closed off to others and pretty Tough. But, she's also very Bright.The book stars with Gilly moving onto her 3rd foster home (in the last 3 years)... Onto the home of old, fat Maime Trotter and small, shy, not seemingly very smart, 7-year-old William Ernest. Gilly knows how to roll, how to deal with new foster homes and schools - she's done it for ages! (since she was 3) - she knows

I am a fifth grade teacher, and read this book while teaching from it to one of my reading groups. I have used it every year since, and it gets better with each reading. Katherine Paterson's storytelling and descriptive qualities are top-notch. Her characters become so real to the readers, and the storyline unfolds to a greater depth on each page. This book will not disappoint, whether read by a child or an adult!

Hmm. Well. I didnt really like this. Gilly was downright awful, and while I thought it would be kind of a charming reverse-Pollyanna situation, the ratio of horrible Gilly to redeemed Gilly was way, way off. She was a product of her circumstances, sure, but I felt like that might not be apparent to younger readers, AND no character ever stepped in to say, Hey, lets not use the n-word and the r-word, etc. The other characters mostly just shrug, which I found super bizarre for a kids book. Lots of

I think I probably read this for the first time in 4th grade or so and most of it went over my head. It strikes me as pretty deep and adult now. I definitely think kids should be at least middle school-level maturity at least to understand this story. It's beautifully written and so moving. I'm almost afraid to recommend it to people because what if they don't love it as much as I do?

There are books, written decades ago, that are so good you wonder how it is possible you havent read them sooner. For me, The Great Gilly Hopkins is one of those books. That fact that I havent discovered this book is even more interesting considering I read Katherine Patersons award winning Jacob Have I Loved and Bridge to Terabithia when I was a kid. Both of those books deeply moved me. I think The Great Gilly Hopkins is the best of them. Coming across Gilly after all these years is like

I liked this book for 3 reasons. 1. Paterson beautifully illustrates raw anger with remarkable accuracy. 2. It reminds you of the worth of a soul, rich or poor, black or white skinny or large almost everyone has a significant contribution to make to people. And 3. Just when you thought that your role as a mother was limited or reduced to cooking and cleaning, this book reminds you just how much kids need mothers and how much they love and value them. This book is juvenile fiction and you should

What I really like: Paterson never takes the easy way out and it doesn't have a traditional 'happy ending.' There are things to be happy about in the end - Gilly has grown up and she learns to accept some emotional attachments. And she is smart.I can see where some stuffy readers wouldn't like Gilly's behavior. She's a foul-mouthed brat at the beginning of the book. She's damaged; she's been passed around several foster homes and, after an early disappointment, tries to sabotage each placement