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This is a 4 page paper discussing how Katherine Paterson’s novel “The Great Gilly Hopkins” is beneficial in the educational system. Katherine Paterson’s novel “The Great Gilly Hopkins” has become one of the most recommended reading materials within middle schools across North America in its ability to address the character of Gilly who has undergone several transitions throughout the foster care system and is considered an example of a child with reactive attachment disorder (RAD). The novel was written for youths aged 9-12 (the central character, Gilly is 11) and within the classroom environment has allowed teachers to introduce mature and realistic subject matter to their students which will lead to a better understanding and tolerance of children who are not from traditional, supportive family environments and who have developed mechanisms or defensive behaviors which allow them to cope with their situation.
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address the character of Gilly who has undergone several transitions throughout the foster care system and is considered an example of a child with reactive attachment disorder (RAD). The novel
was written for youths aged 9-12 (the central character, Gilly is 11) and within the classroom environment has allowed teachers to introduce mature and realistic subject matter to their students
which will lead to a better understanding and tolerance of children who are not from traditional, supportive family environments and who have developed mechanisms or defensive behaviors which allow them
to cope with their situation. Katherine Patersons book "The Great Gilly Hopkins" tells the story of an eleven year old girl, Galadriel
"Gilly" Hopkins who has lived in foster homes for most of her life. The story begins by Gilly coming to live in her third foster home in three years with
the Trotter family. Gilly is determined to be unpleasant through the whole ordeal as she dreams of one day being reunited with her "wonderful" mother who reinforces her desires by
occasionally writing her letters. While Miss Ellis, the social worker who places Gilly in her homes states that she "would be the last person to say that it was all
[Gillys] fault" that her previous placements did not work out, it nevertheless leaves the readers and Gilly with the impression from the onset of the novel that Gilly is a
difficult case. Gilly becomes even more determined to leave her new home, once she has assessed that she has been placed in a home with a "gross guardian and a
freaky kid" (Paterson, 1987, p. 1; RAD, 2003). Gillys flippant attitude to her new situation is quickly established for the readers as she "shifted her bubble gum ... [and] blew
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