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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
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
The Great Gilly Hopkins is a children's novel by Katherine Paterson. It is a work of realistic fiction and was published in 1978. The novel won the US National Book Award in 1979 and was named a Newberry Honor Book.
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.
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Themes and Characters. Galadriel "Gilly" Hopkins, the main character of the novel, is an angry, aggressive foster child who wants to hurt others as she has been hurt. Abandoned to foster care...
Mar 26, 2024 · ‘The Great Gilly Hopkins’ is a poignant narrative that explores the emotional journey of a young girl named Galadriel “Gilly” Hopkins. Gilly is a feisty and unruly 11-year-old who has been shuffled from one foster home to another.
