The Great Gilly Hopkins

"Gilly Hopkins is a single-minded, sarcastic rascal, dedicated to her sole mission in life – a reunion with her beautiful mother."

She’s a rebel with a cause: finding her mother. At eleven, Gilly is nobody’s real kid and no ordinary foster child. If only she could find her beautiful "flower child" mother and live with her instead of in the ugly foster home where she has just been placed! How could she, The Great Gilly Hopkins, known throughout the country for her brilliance, unmanageability, and ruthless stunts be expected to tolerate her new guardian? Or for that matter, the "freaky" seven year old boy and the blind African-American man who are also considered part of the bizarre “family”? When Gilly finally accepts the loving home that surrounds her, she learns that her real future is brighter than her imaginary one.