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Abandoned when she was just one hour old, 12-year-old Hollis Woods has lived in succession of foster homes. Now taken in by Josie Cahill, a retired art teacher, Hollis is hiding a secret about her last foster family--the family she hoped would adopt her permanently. A 2003 Newbery Honor book.
 
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Pictures of an Orphan Girl?s Life

Date of Review:  Mar 16, 2006
The Bottom Line: Pictures of Hollis Woods is presented in such an engaging fashion it keeps you turning pages right through to the end.
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Hollis Woods is a troubled twelve-year-old orphan. She feels unloved, unwanted and unsettled. Her emotional issues began virtually the moment she was born. Just an hour old, she was discovered next to a patch of New York trees...
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the ending is a bit too perfect, but it...
 

W is for a Wonderful Read

Date of Review:  Dec 30, 2003
The Bottom Line: This book is a wonderful preteen read. Gritty, real characters, full of life and personality. A book that I fully intend to let my 13 year old twins read.
Review: Hollis Woods is a brilliant, talented, eleven year old artist. Abandoned on a street, naked with only a note, asking that she be named Hollis Woods, she has been shuttled between foster homes. She thinks of her various homes in terms of what they...
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Authors Patricia Reilly Giff
Narrator Hope Davis
Fiction Genre Biography & Autobiography • Family & Relationships • Juvenile Fiction
Fiction Subgenre Unknown
Awards 2003 Newbery Medal

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  Kirkus: "This touching story will leave readers pleasantly drained, satisfied with the happy ending, and eager for more about Hollis's future."

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  Format: Audio - Compact Disc
Publisher: Listening Library (December 11, 2007)
Measurements: 5.75"(h) x 5"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.28 lbs.
ISBN: 9780739359686

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  This picture has a dollop of peanut butter on one edge, a smear of grape jelly on the other other, and an X across the whole thing. I cut it out of a magazine for homework when I was six years old.
 
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