Joann's Review of Pictures of Hollis Woods

I always love a good story about a person struggling to find their place in the world. It's hard for me to resist an underdog. Hollis Woods is a twelve-year old-girl that was abandoned by her mother at birth and has been bounced around from foster home to foster home. As can be expected, Hollis is hurt and angry and doesn't always make the best choices. While Hollis certainly contributes to her own problems, she is misunderstood. She really just wants a place to call home and people to call her family. In Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff gives us some insight into what it must be like to be a young person in the system. Hollis, who is gifted artistically, says through her drawings what she is afraid to say out loud. Will Hollis find the family she has always longed for? Will she ever have a place to call home? Read this heartwarming story to find out.

"Hollis Woods is a touching story that you never want to stop reading. I loved Hollis would and I think Patricia Reilly Giff has done it again with this Newberry Award winner." - buildingrainbows.com