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A review by dianna98
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
5.0
Eleven-year-old Gilly Hopkins has been bounced back and forth between foster homes ever since she can remember. She knows how to get under people's skin, to cause trouble, and to get what she thinks she wants.
This is a children's book that I'm glad I read as an adult. I don't think the story of the difficult foster child and the humble, capable foster mother would have touched me much as a child. I probably would have been shocked and distracted by all the profanity—which is what our main character Gilly is trying to do when she speaks that way anyway.
I was so touched by foster mother Maime Trotter's fierce, gentle, nonchalant love. There are many kinds of intelligence, and Trotter has the knowhow to help Gilly. As a mother, there is a lot I can learn from her.
Content: Running away. Stealing. Racism. Lots of profanity. I personally felt it was justified in this book and not gratuitous, but I would recommend this book for older children or teens (10+).
This is a children's book that I'm glad I read as an adult. I don't think the story of the difficult foster child and the humble, capable foster mother would have touched me much as a child. I probably would have been shocked and distracted by all the profanity—which is what our main character Gilly is trying to do when she speaks that way anyway.
I was so touched by foster mother Maime Trotter's fierce, gentle, nonchalant love. There are many kinds of intelligence, and Trotter has the knowhow to help Gilly. As a mother, there is a lot I can learn from her.
Content: Running away. Stealing. Racism. Lots of profanity. I personally felt it was justified in this book and not gratuitous, but I would recommend this book for older children or teens (10+).