A review by brb_reads
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

4.0

Just read this with a small group of 6th and 8th grade students. They really enjoyed the book because of the attitude of Gilly Hopkins. Surprisingly, they even liked the ending, despite it not being a fairy tale ending. They were glad that she matured and was able to live with someone that she was related too, even if deep down she truly wanted to live with Maime Trotter. This can/should be read with many ages at the middle school level. The only thing that I did not care too much about was the language at some points in the book. There are some curse words.