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The Great Gilly Hopkins
Acting tough because you're tired of being left. Gilly gets it 💥
Who it's for
Gilly's prickliness is armour, and readers who have been let down by adults will recognize it.
Guarded and angry→Able to let someone in
Feelings it meets
What it is
Eleven-year-old Galadriel 'Gilly' Hopkins has been through so many foster homes that she has decided not to care about anyone. Placed with the warm, unpolished Maime Trotter, her shy foster brother W.E. and their blind neighbour Mr. Randolph, she schemes to escape and find the mother in her treasured photograph. Her plans set off events that teach her what home really means.
Where to find it
Paperback, ebook and audiobook; widely held in libraries (check Libby).
Before you start
Heads up: Racist remarks by the main character.
Age: Not rated (suggested 10+)
My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination?Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Chapter 15
