This book was okay. So Hollis Woods was abandoned when she was a baby. She has been to several foster homes and they were nothing amazing. So she ran away. But Josie is different. She loves Josie, except Josie is forgetting things. Now, they may take Josie away from Hollis. Hollis has to keep them safe and not found. It goes back and forth between present and past.
Pictures of Hollis Woods (Newbery Honor Book)
By Patricia Reilly Giff
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 2 - 8 | V | 4.4 | 31319 |
This Newbery Honor book about a girl who has never known family fighting for her first true home “will leave readers . . . satisfied” (Kirkus Reviews).
Hollis Woods
is the place where a baby was abandoned
is the baby’s name
is an artist
is now a twelve-year-old girl
who’s been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all.
When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they’ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won’t let anyone separate them. She’s escaped the system before; this time, she’s taking Josie with her. Still, even as she plans her future with Josie, Hollis dreams of the past summer with the Regans, fixing each special moment of her days with them in pictures she’ll never forget.
Patricia Reilly Giff captures the yearning for a place to belong in this warmhearted story, which stresses the importance of artistic vision, creativity, and above all, family.
Hollis Woods
is the place where a baby was abandoned
is the baby’s name
is an artist
is now a twelve-year-old girl
who’s been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all.
When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they’ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won’t let anyone separate them. She’s escaped the system before; this time, she’s taking Josie with her. Still, even as she plans her future with Josie, Hollis dreams of the past summer with the Regans, fixing each special moment of her days with them in pictures she’ll never forget.
Patricia Reilly Giff captures the yearning for a place to belong in this warmhearted story, which stresses the importance of artistic vision, creativity, and above all, family.
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN-13: 9781843625810
ISBN-10: 1843625814
Published on 5/19/2005
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
Book Reviews (24)
this is a book about a girl who runs away from all of her guardians and everywhere she goes she thinks about her pictures she made for other people and in the end she finds the family she loved and missed.
Hollis Woods is the place where a baby was abandoned is the baby’s name is an artist is now a twelve-year-old girl who’s been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they’ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won’t let anyone separate them. She’s escaped the system before; this time, she’s taking Josie with her. Still, even as she plans her future with Josie, Hollis dreams of the past summer
I love this book!!!!!
I loved this book so much!!! I read it as a class. Anyone should read it!!
It was a great book, I would definitely read it again
I really want to read this book because I have herd very good things about this book I'm so excited to read it
I want to read it because it sounds really good and interesting. I like books in this genre too.
this is such a good book iv read it twice and i really like its so amazing and like i cant even expain this book thats how great it is
So far, " pictures of hollis woods " is a great book. I can't believe such a nice girl is being fostered by the WORST foster parents. For example, there is mustard woman and stucco house woman. But none, and I repeat NONE, like Hollis. They say mean things about her on the phone, and talk about things like, " No wonder she is not adopted, she is such a horrible child. " But one day she is invited to stay with an artist named Josie, I think. Anyway, there is a lot more to the story I either forgot or hadn't read yet. But anyway, that's all for now folks! I'll write a full review later when I finish the book. See ya later!