Catherine Patterson Unsurpassed Gilly Hopkins Book

At her eleven, Gilly is basically nobody's child. If only she could find her beautiful mother Courtney and live with her instead of in this disgusting foster home where she was just brought! How could she, the consummate Gill Hopkins, known for her unruly and savvy ways, hope to tolerate Mamie Trotter, the fat illiterate widow who is now her guardian? Fearless Gill, with a predatory smile, is plotting against her new in-laws and anyone who even tries to befriend her. And as she struggles to cope with the overwhelming urge to meet her mother and the fear of being a foster child forever, in passing, the reader is hooked. 
Number of pages: 144.