La gran Gilly Hopkins/ The Great Gilly Hopkins

from eward06

This fits into the genre of Realistic Fiction because it is convincingly true to life and allows children to see into to the life of someone else, and in turn examine their own lives. They are able to see the complexity of human interaction. A variety of people are present in the story who are un...

from Yona

This wasn't as exciting as a lot of stories. It wasn't as emotionally powerful, or at least not in the same way, as a lot of stories but when I finished there was never any question or debate as to what I would rate it. It was exactly what it needed to be and I loved the characters and the writin...

from foggidawn

Tough foster kid Gilly is not interested in making friends when she is placed in a new home. All she wants, all she's wanted her whole life, is for her mother to come for her -- or for her, Gilly, to find some way of getting to her mother. Will Gilly find a way to make her dreams come true -- or ...

from AllisonStrait

In my opinion this was an excellent book. The book was about a foster child, Gilly Hopkins, who did not have a steady home for all of her life. Finally, Gilly comes across a home where she is wanted, but Gilly's attitude towards that family is bad. As a result, Gilly goes looking for her mother, ...

from sarahwarner329

I enjoyed The Great Gilly Hopkins for many reasons. First, I loved the author's style of writing. Although the story was not told in first person, the emotional connections created with Gilly allowed me to feel as if I knew her personally. "Trotter and Mr. Randolph chuckled happily. People were s...