by Katherine Paterson · Puffin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140313024
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«The Great Gilly Hopkins» is Katherine Paterson's young adult novel, published by Puffin Books in paperback (144 pages, in English).
The novel follows Gilly Hopkins, a tough and intelligent girl who has been through several foster homes and only wishes to be reunited with her biological mother, whom she idealizes. When her dream seems about to come true, Gilly realizes that reality is not so simple and that the affection of those who care for her can offer her something she did not expect.
Winner of the National Book Award (1979) and nominated for the Newbery Medal. Originally published in 1978.
For young readers aged 9 to 11, especially those who enjoy realistic fiction about family, identity, and the search for belonging.
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.
