| A | B |
|---|
| Gilly | Nickname for Galadriel |
| Galadriel | Main character |
| Ernest | Other foster child |
| Steal | What Gilly did with the money |
| Trotter | Most resent foster mother |
| Searching | Gilly's been doing this for most of her life |
| Dust and Desperation | The seventh chapter |
| Mr. Randolph | Their blind neighbor |
| Permanency | What Gilly doesn't find till the end of the book |
| Promises | What no one seems able to keep |
| Card with dirty joke | What Gilly gave to her Miss Harris |
| "Sarsaparilla to Sorcery" | The book hiding the money |
| Courtney | Gilly's mother's name |
| Miss Ellis | The socail worker |
| California | Where Courtney lives |
| J.R.R. Tolkien | The author of the book from which Gilly got her name |
| Agnes Stokes | A girl who wished to become Gilly's friend |
| Miss Harris | Gilly's teacher |
| Katherine Paterson | The author of this book |
| Mr. Evans | The principal |
