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Name: The Great Gilly Hopkins

Author: Katherine Paterson
Year: 1978
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Popularity: 3.8
Genres/categories: Young adult, Children, Award winners, Classic

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ISBN:
9780064402019
9780812431131
9780881039221
9781581180527
0064402010
0812431138
0881039225
1581180527
Winner of the National Book Award for Children's Literature in 1979.
Winner of the Iowa Children's Choice Award in 1981.
Winner of the Massachusetts Children's Book Award in 1981.

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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