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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Sep 27, 2010
Pros: Gilly's realness; supporting characters; depths of emotion (humor and sadness)
Cons: Offensive language and Gilly's racial attitudes might be a stumbling block (please see review)
Summary: A few years ago I reviewed Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia during the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 27, 2002
Pros: Students will only treasure Gilly's values and virtues. Katherine Paterson's savvy and wit are contagious!
Cons: There is a modicum of profanity.
Summary: Three characteristics that make Gilly great include the following: she follows all the rules, she copes effectively under stress, and she is a role model for others to emulate. If you believe this then you didn’t read the story, which revolves ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 15, 2002
Pros: It is very heartfelt, and teaches that families don't have to be conventional to work
Cons: swears (pretty mild though, not severe swears) light reading- pro or con depending
Summary: I read this book when I was in fourth grade with my class. I think it is a very good book. Gilly's biological mother is alive still (her name is Courtney), but yet Gilly is constantly being bounced from foster home to foster home. She thinks that her ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 15, 2001
Pros: The protagonist is rough around the edges.
Cons: The strong language lands the book on banned lists.
Summary: I find myself revisiting the books of my youth. Yes, it probably has something to do with being a mother, yet my three-year-old is nowhere near ready for the chapter books I’ve been picking up at garage sales and used book sales. Indeed, by the time he ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 1, 2001
Pros: Well-Written.
Cons: They swear a lot. Quite boring actually.
Summary: Hey, it's me again. The real critic. This is my 4 review.
Let me start by saying what it is about.
The novel The Great Gilly Hopkins is about a foster child named Gilly Hopkins who goes to live with a woman named Maime Trotter ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 21, 2001
Pros: Female protagonist captures your heart and pulls you inside the story
Cons: Certain issues within the book have met with disapproval in some places
Summary: The Great Gilly Hopkins is a book that, as a child, I didn't want to read. I think it was a case of mistaken identity. We had this Disney show taped off TV that had little snippets from dozens of Disney movies. One of these was The Journey ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 29, 2000
Pros: A very real story that happens in real life
Cons: Lots of cuss words
Summary: This book won the Newbery Honor Book Award. Perhaps, that's why I decided to read this book. Possibly because I wanted to be a child again and read a Scholastic book. Well, I read it. I don't regret it either.
Galadriel (Gilly) Hopkins, an ... read more
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