In the novel "The Great Gilly Hopkins," Katherine Paterson creates a main character that grows and matures in the course of the story. Gilly is the sort of person who has no interest in other people apart from herself. We know this because throughout the novel she pays no attention to what other people are saying to her. Gilly is also a troublemaker. We know this because of her attitude towards Miss Ellis at the …showed first 75 words of 1045 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1045 total…ended up like Gilly thought would happen. Gilly felt guilty about stealing Mrs Trotter's money and everything that she put them through, so she phoned her and said that she was phoning to sort everything out and that she wanted to come back because she missed them all. I enjoyed the novel "The Great Gilly Hopkins" because the writer used some good techniques to make the novel seem as if it were in real life.