by Katherine Paterson · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422625889
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The Great Gilly Hopkins is a children's novel written by Katherine Paterson and published in 1978. The story follows Galadriel Hopkins, an eleven-year-old girl who has been through several foster homes and has a defiant and problematic attitude. Gilly is sent to live with Maime Trotter, a kind and caring woman who tries to create a stable home for her. As Gilly adapts to her new environment, she learns to trust others and overcome her fears and prejudices. The novel explores themes such as family, friendship, acceptance, and personal growth.
Katherine Paterson is an American writer best known for children's novels, including Bridge to Terabithia (1977), which won the Newbery Medal in 1978. For four different books published 1975–1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards. She is one of four people to win the two major international awards; for "lasting contribution to children's literature" she won the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1998 and for her career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2006, the biggest monetary prize in children's literature. Also for her body of work she was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2007 and the Children's Literature Legacy Award from the American Library Association in 2013. She was the second US National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, serving 2010 and 2011.
