This timeless Newbery Honor Book from bestselling author Katherine Paterson about a wisecracking, ornery, completely unforgettable young heroine. Now a feature film starring Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, and Octavia Spencer This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. It's a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom.
Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's disliked them all. She has a reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable, and that's the way she likes it. So when she's sent to live with the Trotters--by far the strangest family yet--she knows it's only a temporary problem.
Gilly decides to put her sharp mind to work and get out of there fast. She's determined to no longer be a foster kid. Before long she's devised an elaborate scheme to get her real mother to come rescue her. Unfortunately, the plan doesn't work out quite as she hoped it would....
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BooklistBinding Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 02/03/2015
ISBN: 9780062386175
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 116 / Great Gilly Hopkins
Reading Level: 4.6 /
Interest Level: Middle Grade /
Point Value: 5