Post #3

Title: Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly
pgs.63-108
Summary: This week in my reading the book really got interesting! My main character Hollis Woods really changes during this weeks reading. The lady that dropped Hollis off with Josie realizes that Josie is not capable of taking care of Hollis because she is so forgetful. The lady shows up to the house unannounced and finds Hollis home from school. She then takes Hollis to school to find out that Hollis has not been to school in a month of Sundays. The lady goes back to her office and finds another foster family for Hollis to go and live with. She calls Hollis the next day to let her know that she will be coming to get her to take her to meet her new foster family. Hollis doesn't like this new plan at all. At this point in the book Hollis feels like Josie needs her more than she really needs Josie. Hollis expresses that she is afraid that if she leaves Josie that Josie will burn the house down, or forget to put gas in the car, or forget where she lives. She refuses to leave Josie. She then sits and comes up with this elaborate plan to save herself and Josie. She decides that they will run away together! When she lived with the Regans they had a summer home in the mountains. She decided that is where she and Josie would go live happily ever after! She took all of her savings and filled up the car, packed her clothes and Josie's clothes. She also made sure that she packed food for her, Josie and Henry (Josie's cat to live off of. They traveled at night to make sure that they were long gone, by the time that the lady would have arrived at Josie's house to get Hollis. The trip was a success and my reading ends with Hollis doing all that she possible could to make sure that she does not get taken away from Josie!

Opinion: I enjoyed reading my book this week. I thought that it was great that Hollis has finally allowed her self to love Josie enough that she feels the need to take care of her. In the beginning of the book I felt like Hollis kept running away from her families because she never wanted to give anyone the opportunity to ever leave her again as her real mother did. In the beginning of my book I didn't really care for Hollis because of the way that she would act towards the other people in the book, but now I like her because she is no longer acting out. she seems to have turned over a new leaf!


Prompt: What is one question that the deep thinker discussed with the group in this weeks meeting?

What kind of connections did the question allow you to make? Explain your answer

Who is your favorite character in the book? Why is that character your favorite? Explain your answer.

What was the best thing that happened in your book this week? Or what surprised you the most about your book on this week?

What Role did you play this week? What was one thing that you did this week to help your group be successful? Explain your answer.