The great Gilly Hopkins / Katherine Paterson.
Record details
- ISBN: 0690038380 (lib. bdg.)
- ISBN: 0064402010 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: 148 p. ; 20 cm.
- Edition: 1st Harper trophy ed.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 1987, c1978.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly. |
Target Audience Note: | 10 up. |
Awards Note: | Newbery Honor Book, 1979. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Foster home care > Fiction. |
Topic Heading: | Newbery Medal books. |
Available copies
- 9 of 9 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Easton Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Easton Public Library | J PATERSON, KATHERINE (Text) | 37777134189687 | Juvenile Picture Book | Available | - |
Gunn Memorial Library - Washington | JPB PAT (Text) | 34055134328032 | Juvenile Paperback | Available | - |
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | J FIC PAT (Text) | 33430000388306 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Killingly Library | j Pat (Text) | 34040104220161 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Mary R Fisher School | Paterson (Text) | 34065133516149 | Fiction | Available | - |
Oxford Public Library | J FIC PAT Newbery (Text) | 33530101620638 | Newbery Award Winner | Available | - |
Plumb Memorial Library - Shelton | J FIC PATERSON (Text) | 34025110968176 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Seymour Public Library | J PAPER PATE (Text) | 34043102224136 | Juvenile Paperback | Available | - |
Thompson Middle School | Paterson (Text) | 34065094675728 | Realistic Fiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Author Notes
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson was born in Qing Jiang, Jiangsu, China in 1932. She attended King College in Bristol, Tennessee and then graduate school in Virginia where she studied Bible and Christian education. Before going to graduate school, she was a teacher for one year and after graduate school, she moved to Japan to be a missionary. Her first book, Sign of the Chrysanthemum was published in 1991. Other titles to follow included The Bridge to Terabithia and Jacod Have I Loved which both won her a Newbery Award, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Lyddie and The Master Puppeteer. In addition to the Newbery Award, she is the recipient of numerous others including the Scott O'Dell Award, the National Book Award for Children's Literature, the American Book Award, the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults Award and the New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year Award. She was also honored with the Hans Christian Anderson Award. (Bowker Author Biography)