I was excited to see that Pictures of Hollis Woods, a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, starring Sissy Spacek and Alfrie Woodard, aired Sunday, December 2. Patricia Reilly Giff wrote the Newbery award winning novel, Picture of Hollis Woods, a favorite book of mine.
I highly recommend this book to all ages--including adults--for the great story and Giff's poetic writing style that makes it particiularly powerful.
Hollis is named after the Woods where she was found abandoned as a baby. Shuffled from foster home to foster home, she ends up feeling needed for the first time in her life by her most recent caretaker, Josie, an artist who is showing signs of dementia. Hollis, who is very artistic herself, feels a bond with Josie, even as she mourns the loss of the other home she thought would become her forever family. The reason why she left the other home is a mystery that unfolds throughout the book.
This book is available for check-out at the library, and is also available on both audio CD and audiocassette.