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  1. The Great Gilly Hopkins is a 1978 realistic children's novel by Katherine Paterson. It won the U.S. National Book Award in 1979. In 2012 it was ranked number 63 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal – the third of three books by Paterson in the top 100.

    • Katherine Paterson
    • 1978
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  3. Oct 7, 2016 · The Great Gilly Hopkins: Directed by Stephen Herek. With Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, Octavia Spencer. 12-year-old wisecracking Gilly Hopkins finds herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter.

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    • Comedy, Drama, Family
    • Stephen Herek
    • 2016-10-07
  4. The Great Gilly Hopkins is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Herek and written by David L. Paterson. It is based on Katherine Paterson's 1978 children's book of the same name. The film stars Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Julia Stiles, Bill Cobbs, Billy Magnussen, Octavia Spencer, and Glenn Close.

  5. Parents need to know that The Great Gilly Hopkins is based on Katherine Paterson's classic 1978 middle-grade novel about an unfriendly foster kid who finally opens up to others after being placed with a devout older woman who's already fostering a little boy. Gilly has a harsh tongue and uses plenty of mild….

    • Stephen Herek
    • Sandie Angulo Chen
    • Kathy Bates, Sophie Nelisse, Bill Cobbs
  6. Oct 6, 2016 · Based on the award-winning young-adult novel by Katherine Paterson (Bridge to Terabithia), The Great Gilly Hopkins stars Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Julia Stiles, Bill Cobbs, Billy Magnussen, with Octavia Spencer and Glenn Close. Directed by Stephen Herek; Screenplay by David Paterson.

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  7. Sep 10, 2016 · In 1979, the story about a girl in foster care swept the book awards, winning the National Book Award, Christopher Award, Jane Addams Award, and a Newbery Honor. It ranked 63 in School Library Journal’s 2012 list of the top 100 children’s books of all time.

  8. Oct 5, 2016 · The book’s Gilly is 11, and while the movie seems to agree (at least based on her school assignments and classmates), Nélisse was about 15 at the time of filming.

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