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Title: Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff, Hope Davis ISBN: 0-8072-0919-8 Publisher: Listening Library Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (21 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good but not great
Comment: Pictures of Hollis Woods was written by Patricia Reilly Giff. This novel is about a young girl trying to find a foster home that she likes. So far all the families she has been with she's ran away from because she says that she doesn't fit in. Then one day, her social worker brought her to a lady named Josie. At first Hollis was nervous like she always is, but Josie made her feel right at home. Hollis felt comfortable with Josie because they shared something in common with each other...they both are artists. Hollis loves to draw and Josie is a sculptor. Eventually Hollis realizes something that could take her away from Josie. To keep this secret to herself, throughout the story she is trying to keep Josie away from her social worker.
One of the reasons that I didn't like this book was because it moved at a very slow pace. I couldn't really get into it because it's nothing that I can relate to. It also didn't have a lot of interesting chapters. They were mainly all about Josie and Hollis and what they do and where they go which, in my opinion, isn't that great of a book.
Another reason that I didn't like this novel was that it had very good details, but too many. One of the only things I did like about the book was the ending. In the end something great happens and it makes you feel excited and happy for Hollis and Josie. But leading up to that moment in the story isn't that good or as exciting.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Great Summer Book To Read
Comment: I kind of enjoyed this book, although there were parts that were slow, it still kept my attention. This book is about a young girl named Hollis Woods. Her mother left her as a child, and she has lived in foster homes ever since. She stayed at many foster homes throughout her life, but there was one that stuck in her mind, the Regan's house. She left that house and ended up with Josie. Josie was an older lady who was very caring and really loved art. Hollis also really had a passion for drawing. When Hollis would look at something that was important to her, she would remember that picture in her mind, and then she would draw that picture on paper. As the days went on Josie and Hollis became closer although Josie was loosing her mind slowly. The foster home acengy was aware that Josie was loosing her mind, so they were looking for another home for Hollis. Will Hollis continue to live with Josie or will she find another home?
Rating: 4
Summary: Word Pictures
Comment: In Pictures of Hollis Woods, Giff creates a wonderful photograph of the perfect family. Not a family without problems, but perfect for Hollis Woods, an orphan who can't seem to fit into one home.
The story is told in retrospect, and the pictures that Hollis has drawn (she happens to be a wonderful artist who can draw, but can't relate to people nearly as well) are like a photo album of her perfect family. Hollis thumbs, figuratively, through the photo album as she is trying to live with yet another foster parent. As an artist herself, a new foster parent loves Hollis for who she is - an artist. Unfortunately, her new foster parent has problems too. She is old and forgets too many things. Will Hollis be placed with yet another family and never finish her perfect family photo album?
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Title: Hoot by CARL HIAASEN ISBN: 0375821813 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 10 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan ISBN: 0066236029 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi ISBN: 0786808284 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 03 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: A Corner of the Universe by Ann Matthews Martin ISBN: 0439388805 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer ISBN: 0689852223 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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