The Great Gilly Hopkins

Name: The Great Gilly Hopkins
Author: Katherine Paterson

by Katherine Paterson

Novel about a foster girl with attitude issues discovering love and belonging

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Katherine Paterson

Katherine Paterson is an American author who has won two Newbery Medals, for Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved. Her emotionally powerful novels deal honestly with loss, friendship, and growing up.

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Bridge to TerabithiaFantasy about two children discovering a magical imaginary kingdom through their friendship
Jacob Have I LovedComing-of-age novel about a twin girl navigating jealousy and her father's expectations
LyddieHistorical novel about a girl in 1840s New England working as a factory mill worker
The Master PuppeteerHistorical fantasy set in Japan with a boy apprenticing under a master puppeteer