This timeless Newbery Honor Book from bestselling author Katherine Paterson about a wisecracking, ornary, completely unforgettable young heroine. Now a feature film starring Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, and Octavia Spencer! Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she´s hated them all. She has a reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable, and that´s the way she likes it. So when she´s sent to live with the Trotters—by far the strangest family yet—she knows it´s only a temporary problem. Gilly decides to put her sharp mind to work and get out of there fast. She´s determined to no longer be a foster kid. Before long she´s devised an elaborate scheme to get her real mother to come rescue her. Unfortunately, the plan doesn´t work out quite as she hoped it would...
