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Reader reviewed by Ellen


Pictures of Hollis Woods is a story about a twelve year old orphan girl named Hollis Woods. She grew up in a town called Hollis Woods, hence the name Hollis Woods. Throughout the book it skips from the description of a picture, to the chapter in the book. Every time Hollis moves to a new foster home, she runs away that is, until now. She moves into a home with an elderly woman named Josie, whom she adore. This might be the right place to be, and Hollis ends up loving her life with Josie. After a while Josie gets Altzheimer disease and Hollis chance of staying with Josie are very limited. Hollis has already escaped the system before; this time shes taking Josie along for the ride.
In this story, as I said before, there are changes between descriptions of different pictures, and chapters in the story. I love this because when the descriptions are taking place, they are giving background information, description, and flashbacks of Hollis life. These photos are usually about Hollis old family, the Regans. I think this is a good way to write the book because it gives me another format that I can learn from. The only bad thing about this book, I think, is that at some parts the book gets very complicated and wordy. That is what I think about the book Pictures of Hollis Woods.