| Giladrael "Gilly" Hopkins is not an easy child to raise. Just ask her three previous foster families, who have all given her back to Social Services for various reasons. Being shuffled from home to home has made Gilly a cynical, resentful 11 year old girl, who only wants to find her biological mother. Gilly is certain that once her mother learns of her plight with the foster care system, she will be rescued immediately and live a life of love and luxury.
The Trotters, Gilly's new foster family, are excited to have Gilly join their poor, but loving family. Gilly, however, is determined to make Mrs. Trotter and her foster brother so miserable that they will want to send her back. Mrs. Trotter desperately wants to reach out to Gilly, despite her racism, rudeness, lying, and poor personal hygiene. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - depressed Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Kids: - struggling to earn a living to survive Family, struggle with Yes Struggle with: - Mother (or standin) Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14 Parents/lack of parents problem? Wild kid(s)? - runaway! Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a kid Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - an organization Age: - long-lived adults Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () United States Yes The US: - Deep South Small town? Yes Small town people: - very gullible, like Gomer Pyle Writing Style Lot of foul language? Yes Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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