The Great Gilly Hopkins is a good book despit the language that I winced at a bit. Gilly gets sent to a foster home and absouloutly despises the mother. Gilly (or Galdriel) swears round the clock but you can laugh at how she talks. Example: Gilly says "Good god!" and the Mother looks at GIlly sternly and Gilly says "Okay, okay, I didn't say it! Hell, a girl can't even talk around here!" You don't want to laugh, but you have to! Gilly mensions Adultory once, and my Mom had to explain to me what that was. Gilly beats up other kids and has a strong hatred against blacks. She refers to the Mother (Trotter) as "A religious freak" because she is christian. Gilly teaches a little boy to fight convincing him to swear, punch and do anything to be a bad influence.

It's an okay book. Gilly starts off as a really mean person; she beats up kids, she steals money from a blind man, and she is racial towered African-Americans. Also there's a lot of cursing. But this book does show how hard it can be to live with foster parents.

i think this is a good book very entertaining

My uncle gave me this book when I turned eight and i loved it. many kids would enjoy

7+