But Poppy is a curious mouse, and a little foolish. The themes in the novel Pictures Of Hollis Woods include: 1)The importance of friendship in promoting a sense of belonging.

Winner of a Pura Belpré Award, this middle grade Cuban American coming-of-age novel is inspired by the author's own experience.

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This delightfully imaginative tale is always a popular favorite among children. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling - he’s sure of it.

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Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. A bizarre chain of events begins when 16 unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. Her voice is like a gentle stream meandering through an awe-inspiring forest.

The main character of Pictures of Hollis Woods is Hollis, a twelve-year-old girl who has been passed from foster home to foster home and has run away from most of them. Jeanne DuPrau, Narrated by:

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[2], Publishers Weekly also stated that "Giff intersperses tender scenes demonstrating Hollis's growing affection for Josie with memories of the Regans, whose images Hollis preserves in her sketchbook". After realizing the impracticality of continuing to pay Miss Perfidy (a mothball-scented elderly lady) an hourly wage to baby-sit her, the town council places her with Uncle Jack.

"Pictures of Hollis Woods" is the story of a 12-year-old foster girl who keeps moving from family to family and has the talent to draw which moves through the story with her adventures.

Beatrice - Josie's cousin with whom she is very close. Growing up in the shadow of his football star brother, Chris, Newt Newman has never felt particularly special. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger - and a possible murderer - to inherit his vast fortune, one thing's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead...but that won't stop him from playing one last game! Plot.

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Hollis takes us on a moving and inspirational journey.

According to the School Library Journal, "Giff masterfully weaves these two strands together in a surprising and satisfying ending.

In Dimwood Forest, all the mice know that moving beyond Grey House requires the permission of the great horned owl, Mr. Ocax.

Aug 12, 2020 - Ideas for teaching the novel Pictures of Hollis Woods for middle school and upper elementary language arts and reading classrooms.

I feel the recommended age for this book should be 14 or 15 years old.

Mrs. Frisby, a field mouse who lives in a garden, must move her family before the farmer begins plowing.

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