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Pictures of Hollis Woods is a 2002 young adult novel by Patricia Reilly Giff. The novel received a Newbery Honor Award in 2003. It was adapted for television in 2007. Plot summary. The adventures of a 12 year-old foster girl with a talent for drawing, who moves from family to family.
Pictures of Hollis Woods is a film that debuted on CBS as a Hallmark Hall of Fame film on December 2, 2007. The film is directed by Tony Bill. It is based on the Newbery Honor-winning novel of the same name written by Patricia Reilly Giff. It stars child actress Jodelle Ferland as the title character along with Sissy Spacek.
Aug 28, 2002 · "Pictures of Hollis Woods" is a heartwarming novel by Patricia Reilly Giff that tells the story of a young girl named Hollis Woods who has been in foster care for as long as she can remember. The book explores themes of family, belonging, and the power of art to heal emotional wounds.
Dec 2, 2007 · Pictures of Hollis Woods: Directed by Tony Bill. With Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Jodelle Ferland, Ridge Canipe. A troubled foster child with an affinity for drawing and artwork, becomes attached to her eccentric and forgetful new foster mother, also an artist.
Hollis Woods, the eleven-year-old protagonist of the novel, is a pretty child with large eyes, a small nose, and sandy hair and who has established a reputation for being tough and "a mountain...
About Pictures of Hollis Woods. This Newbery Honor book about a girl who has never known family fighting for her first true home “will leave readers . . . satisfied” (Kirkus Reviews).
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff is a novel for middle readers about a foster child, the eponymous Hollis Woods, and how she finds a family. It was originally published in 2002 and became a Newbery Honor Book in 2003. In 2007, Hallmark Hall of Fame adapted the novel into a movie.
