The incomparable Gilly Hopkins w. ukraińska

At the age of eleven, Gilly feels as if she belongs to no one. Her main wish is to reunite with her glamorous mother, Courtney, and leave behind the unpleasant foster home she’s now in. It's hard to imagine that Gilly, who is renowned for her wild behavior and cleverness, will find it easy to get along with Mamie Trotter, the overweight and uneducated widow assigned as her new guardian. Bold and cunning, Gilly devises plans to undermine her new family and distances herself from anyone attempting friendship. As she grapples with the overwhelming longing to meet her mother and the dread of being an adopted child forever, her story inevitably draws readers into her world.