Literary FictionYoung Adult
A brash foster child, Gilly Hopkins, schemes to escape her odd new family, learning unexpected lessons.
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A brash foster child, Gilly Hopkins, schemes to escape her odd new family, learning unexpected lessons.
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Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's disliked them all intensely. She has a county-wide reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanagable. So when she's sent to live with the Trotters -- by far the strangest family yet -- Gilly decides to put her brilliant mind to work. Before long she's devised an elaborate scheme to get her real mother to come "rescue" her. But the rescue doesn't work out quite the way she plann...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Minor physical altercations; no graphic violence.
Profanity
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Mild language used infrequently.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
Religious content
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Brief references to religious foster family values.
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult themes present.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Subtle commentary on foster care systems.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide themes present.
Abuse & suffering
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Emotional struggles and neglect in foster care settings.
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