![]() ![]() ![]() Artistically talented Hollis Woods, age 12, has made a habit of running away from foster homes, but she's found a place on Long Island where she wants to "stay for a while." She immediately bonds with Josie, her new guardian, who is a slightly eccentric, retired art teacher. Giff (Lily's Crossing All the Way Home) again introduces a carefully delineated and sympathetic heroine in this quiet contemporary novel. Patricia Reilly Giff captures the yearning for a place to belong in this warmhearted story, which stresses the importance of artistic vision, creativity, and above all, family. Still, even as she plans her future with Josie, Hollis dreams of the past summer with the Regans, fixing each special moment of her days with them in pictures she’ll never forget. She’s escaped the system before this time, she’s taking Josie with her. ![]() Well, Hollis Woods won’t let anyone separate them. If Social Services finds out, they’ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. ![]() But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. Who’s been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. This Newbery Honor book about a girl who has never known family fighting for her first true home “will leave readers. ![]()
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