Hollis Woods Book Details
Giff (Lily s Crossing; All the Way Home) again introduces a carefully
delineated and sympathetic heroine in this quiet contemporary novel.
Artistically talented Hollis Woods, age 12, has made a habit of running
away from foster homes, but she s found a place on Long Island where she
wants to stay for a while. She immediately bonds with Josie, her new
guardian, who is a slightly eccentric, retired art teacher. Yet Hollis
is far from content. She worries about Josie s increasing forgetfulness,
and she sorely misses her last foster family, the Regans, whom she left
under tense circumstances that are only gradually made clear. Giff
intersperses tender scenes demonstrating Hollis s growing affection for
Josie with memories of the Regans, whose images Hollis preserves in her
sketchbook. Pictures of motherly Izzy Regan, her architect husband and
their mischievous yet compassionate son, Steven, sensitively express the
young artist s conception of a perfect family. As readers become
intimately acquainted with Hollis, they will come to understand her
fears, regrets and longings, and will root for her as she pursues her
dream of finding a home where she belongs. Ages 8-13.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Informatio
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Informatio
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