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Hollis Woods has run away from almost every foster home she's ever been placed in. When she is sent to live with Josie, a quirky but elderly artist, Hollis wants to stay. But Josie grows more forgetful, and Hollis fears Social Services may take her away and move Josie to a home. Hollis won't let anyone separate them--she's escaped the system before; this time, she'll take Josie with her. Unabridged.
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出版社周刊评论
Giff (Lily s Crossing; All the Way Home) again introduces a carefully delineated and sympathetic heroine in this quiet contemporary novel. 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. Yet Hollis is far from content. She worries about Josie s increasing forgetfulness, and she sorely misses her last foster family, the Regans, whom she left under tense circumstances that are only gradually made clear. Giff intersperses tender scenes demonstrating Hollis s growing affection for Josie with memories of the Regans, whose images Hollis preserves in her sketchbook. Pictures of motherly Izzy Regan, her architect husband and their mischievous yet compassionate son, Steven, sensitively express the young artist s conception of a perfect family. As readers become intimately acquainted with Hollis, they will come to understand her fears, regrets and longings, and will root for her as she pursues her dream of finding a home where she belongs. Ages 8-13. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
(Intermediate, Middle School) These three titles approach the same theme -- the resilience of children caught in the foster care system -- from different angles but with equal success. Where I'd Like to Be follows a group of children in eastern Tennessee, and Wilbanks reads with a broad, syllable-bending twang that seems both authentic and totally appropriate. The accent, however, does not limit the individuality she brings to her literary charges; she is more than equal to the challenge of Dowell's carefully shaded, constantly changing characters. In Pictures of Hollis Woods, Hollis, by contrast, faces her battles alone. Her strategy has always been to run, and when she finally encounters a place and a family where she feels at home, her old habits return at the first sign of trouble. Narrator Davis gives Hollis a matter-of-fact personality, while elderly Josie is her masterpiece: dreamy, forgetful, confused, and loving. In Locomotion, Lonnie Collins Motion is a survivor in an urban wasteland. Orphaned, grieving, and separated from his sister, he finds his way through poetry at the urging of his fifth-grade teacher. Jackson gives Lonnie a voice true to his age and circumstances: unvarnished, flat, even resigned. As Lonnie dips deeper into the well of words, the emotions he draws up give his voice dimension and substance. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 5^-7. She was named for the place where she was found as an abandoned baby. Twelve-year-old Hollis Woods has been through many foster homes--and she runs away, every time. In her latest placement, with an artist named Josie, the tightly wound Hollis begins to relax ever so slightly. In the warmth of Josie's creativity, Hollis' own drawings, always her voice and the way she sees best, proliferate. In flashback and memory, we see Hollis' last foster family, what they meant to her, and why she ran. But Josie is slowly slipping into dementia, and Hollis knows that she'll be taken away from her if Josie is found out. How she saves Josie and herself is the kernel of this moving story about families, longing, and belonging. Veteran author Giff has a sure hand with language, and the narrative is taut and absorbing. --GraceAnne A. DeCandido
《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 4-7-Patricia Giff's wonderful novel (Random, 2002) receives marvelous narration in this very successful recording. Twelve-year-old Hollis Woods, a longtime participant in the foster care system, is sent to live with Josie Cahill. Josie is a glamorous, elderly woman who has been successful in reaching difficult children. Prickly Hollis slowly warms to Josie's charm and becomes protective of the older woman who is exhibiting signs of senility. Alternate chapters reveal Hollis's previous living arrangement in a series off flashbacks. Giff skillfully builds the suspense over how Hollis feels she doomed her relationship with the loving Regan family. Now, Hollis knows that if the social workers find out that Josie is losing her memory, they will send Hollis to another family, leaving Josie without a caretaker. Hollis decides to run away with Josie and heads toward the Regan's summer house. There, both plot lines culminate, leaving Hollis wiser, happier, and finally belonging to the family of which she has always dreamed. Hope Davis does a superb job narrating the story, using subtle vocal intonations to differentiate between the unusually well-drawn characters. She gives Josie a frail but lively portrayal, while Hollis is by turns sullen, defiant, and filled with guilt. As Hollis lets down her self-protective walls, Davis injects her voice with a new quality, helping listeners grow even more fond of the character. It helps that Giff is such a visual writer, using art as a theme through the artistic qualities of Hollis, Josie, and several other characters. This is a recording not to be missed.-B. Allison Gray, South Country Library, Bellport, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus评论
Twelve-year-old Hollis Woods, abandoned as a one-hour-old baby, was named after the part of Queens where she was found with a note pinned on her blanket: "Call her Hollis Woods." She has lived with a progression of foster families since then, running away whenever she feels the urge. Now she has landed at the home of Josie Cahill, a retired art teacher who reaches Hollis in new ways: by helping her develop her artistic talent. In addition, for the first time a foster parent needs Hollis more than Hollis needs her; Josie is starting to forget things, and Hollis vows to make sure that no one will take her away and put Josie in a retirement home. From the beginning, it's clear through Hollis's recollections that something awful happened at her previous foster home, something for which she feels responsible. The Regans had a son Hollis's age and were anxious to adopt her; while Hollis reciprocated their affection and has longed for a family her whole life, she fears she exacerbated existing family tensions and ran away. It's a relief when what happened is finally revealed; the accident for which Hollis blames herself was unfortunate, but not fatal or unforgivable. Giff (All the Way Home, 2001, etc.) expertly portrays the intense, heartfelt emotions Hollis experiences and gives her talent and spunk; she is in no way pathetic, despite her perennial foster-childhood. The secondary characters are also completely drawn and are likable without being too good to be true. This touching story will leave readers pleasantly drained, satisfied with the happy ending, and eager for more about Hollis's future. (Fiction. 9-14)