"pictures of hollis woods"

Giff, Paticia Reily. (2002). Pictures of hollis woods. New York: Scholastic, Inc.

I really loved this book. It was a total surprise and very unpredictable. I loved the back and forth between the past and the present, and being left wondering what had happened and what was going to happen. This book is told in a non-linear fashion. It is about a young girl who is abandoned in Hollis Woods, so that becomes her name. After several foster homes that leave her emotionally scared, she ends up with a wonderful family who seem like they may be the last. However, after a horrible accident, she is driven to run away out of guilt.

I had not seen a children's book that was organized in this fashion before. I would have thought that it would be difficult for children to understand it, but everyone I talked to loved this book.

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