Pictures of Hollis Woods
Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. She even runs away from the Regans, the one family who offers her a home. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day....
Main Author: | Giff, Patricia Reilly. |
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Other Authors: | Davis, Hope, 1967- (Narrator) |
Format: | Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Listening Library (Audio),
2006.
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Edition: | Unabridged. |
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Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
Summary: |
Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. She even runs away from the Regans, the one family who offers her a home. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they'll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won't let anyone separate them. She's escaped the system before; this time, she plans to take Josie with her. Yet behind all her plans, Hollis longs for her life with the Regans, fixing each moment of her time with them in pictures she'll never forget. From the Hardcover edition. |
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Item Description: |
Unabridged. |
Physical Description: |
1 online resource (3 audio files) : digital |
Playing Time: |
03::1:8: |
Format: |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 92868 KB). |
Audience: |
Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 6 MG/Middle grades (4th-8th) 4.4 |
ISBN: |
9780739330432 |
Author Notes: |
After she graduated from college, she taught in the public schools in New York City until 1960 and then in the public schools in Elmont, New York from 1964 until 1971. She then became a reading consultant before finally, at the age of 40, deciding to write a book. She also worked as an educational consultant for Dell Yearling and Young Yearling Books and as an advisor and instructor to aspiring writers. Her first book, Today Was a Terrible Day, was published in 1980. She is the author of more than 100 children's books, as well as a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers. Together with her husband, Giff opened "The Dinosaur's Paw," a children's bookstore named after one of her own stories. She is the author of the Polk Street School books. Lily's Crossing, about the homefront during World War II, was named a Newberry Honor Book by the American Library Association as well as an ALA Notable Book for Children. The novel also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor. Her companion book to Lily's Crossing, Genevieve's War, won a 2018 Christopher Award. Pictures of Hollis Woods was also named a Newberry Honor Book and Nory Ryan's Song was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Patricia Reilly Giff died on June 22, 2021. She was 86. (Bowker Author Biography) |