by Katherine Paterson · Scholastic Inc. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780590613897
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«The Great Gilly Hopkins» is the children's and young adult novel by Katherine Paterson, published by Scholastic Inc. in paperback (148 pages, in English).
Eleven-year-old Gilly Hopkins is a foster child who has learned to act tough and push away those who try to help her. When she arrives at the home of Maime Trotter, a religious and affectionate woman, she discovers that her usual hostility doesn't work as she expected.
The original work was published in 1978; this Scholastic edition is from 1995. It was recognized with the National Book Award for Children's Literature (1979) and as a Newbery Honor Book.
For young readers who appreciate realistic stories about family and the search for a home.
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.
