The Great Gilly Hopkins [Signed]

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First edition. 148 pages; 20 cm. Fine with remainder mark to bottom in fine jacket. in fine dust-jacket. Hardcover.

Scarce first edition. "An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly."—Publisher. Foster home care -- Juvenile fiction. "A Harper trophy book."; "A Newbery honor book." Awards: Newbery Honor Book, 1979; National Book Award.