... Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's disliked them all. She has a county-wide reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable. So when she's sent to live with the Trotters -- by far the strangest family yet -- Gilly decides to put her sharp mind to work: she makes an elaborate plan to get her real mother come rescue her...
This Newbery Honor Book manages to treat a grown-up theme with love and humor, as Amazon.com puts it, making it a terrific read for a young reader who's ready to learn that "happy" and "ending" don't always go together. The book's author is Katherine Paterson who wrote another excellent book for teens, "Bridge to Terabithia".
In Russian language. Publisher: Tsentr Narnia (Russia). Hardcover. 212 pages.
