Pictures of Hollis Woods

Patricia Reilly Giff

Dec 2008 · Sold by Yearling

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

This is a story about a strong female lead character, Hollis Woods, who must care for the first parent she ever wanted to live with as her dementia worsens. Along the way, we find out why she has run away from the previous family that she loved.

I was half way through it and i forgot it in class and the next day i went back it wasnt there and i still cant find it its a great book tho

my teacher is assigning this book in class, I dont know if I will be into it yet, but possibly

About the author

Patricia Reilly Giff’s most recent Delacorte book is All the Way Home. She is also the author of Lily's Crossing, a Newbery Honor Book and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.