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A review by abigailbat
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
3.0
Hollis Woods knows that she will never stay in one place for long. She stays for awhile and then she runs. But all that changes when she spends one summer with the Old Man and Steven and Izzy. She finally feels what it's like to belong, to be a family. But then something messes it all up, and Hollis knows she can't ever go back.
The story flips between the present (Hollis being placed in foster care with a retired art teacher who is slowly losing her mind) and the past (Hollis's pictures of times spent with her summer family). I loved the flashback parts, seeing Hollis happy with a family. The present parts were a bit hard to take. Hollis is determined to make it work with her new foster parent, but the lady is not even able to take care of herself half the time.
Readalike suggestions: For more about spunky foster kids, try The Great Gilly Hopkins or The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson and Home and Other Big, Fat Lies by Jill Wolfson.
The story flips between the present (Hollis being placed in foster care with a retired art teacher who is slowly losing her mind) and the past (Hollis's pictures of times spent with her summer family). I loved the flashback parts, seeing Hollis happy with a family. The present parts were a bit hard to take. Hollis is determined to make it work with her new foster parent, but the lady is not even able to take care of herself half the time.
Readalike suggestions: For more about spunky foster kids, try The Great Gilly Hopkins or The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson and Home and Other Big, Fat Lies by Jill Wolfson.