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srandle2
srandle2
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High School - 9th Grade

Why did Gilly wacth television with William Ernest and make a paper airplane for him?

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Posted by srandle2 on Sunday March 1, 2009 at 5:12 PM and tagged with characters, details, katherine paterson, summary, the great gilly hopkins.

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  1. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    In the novel, "The Great Gilly Hopkins," Gilly decides that she will get together enough money to run away.  She is wanting to go find her mother and she needs to get to California.  She originally thinks of getting Agnes to help her steal money, but then she decides to get William Ernest to help her steal.  The problem is that up until this time she had been mean to the little boy. 

    Gilly decides to make friends with William Ernest so that he will help her steal the money she needs to have in order to buy a ticket to California. 

    "In the middle of the last cookie, an inspiration came to her.  It wasn't Agnes Stokes whom she would use.  Agnes couldn't be trusted between freckles.  It was William Ernest.  Of coarse.  Trotter's honey baby engaged in a life of crime." pg 56

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Tuesday December 8, 2009 at 10:00 AM