Tricia's+book+report+(Feb)


 * Name: **
 * __ Book Report __**

__The Pictures of Hollis Woods__ by Patricia Reilly Giff
 * 1. ****What is the title of your book and who is the author?**

Hollis Woods is a foster home kid who runs away from every person she is assigned to and is good at art.She had a perfect family but ran away from them. Josi is a person who has a cat, is very old and is middle class but acts like a poor person.
 * 2. ****Name and describe two main characters.**

The book __The pictures of Hollis Woods__ by Patricia Reilly Giff is about a girl who is a foster home girl who runs away from every home she stays at but Stays with an elderly person.Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes, she can hardly remember them all. Hollis even ran away from the Regans, the one family that offered her a home. But ran away from the Regans.Then she gets put with Josie ,who makes Hollis feel wanted and needed. Josie, however, is becoming more and more forgetful every day. Hollis is afraid someone will find out and take her away, and who knows what they'll do with Josie.But they never find out and Josie and Hollis live happily ever after.
 * 3. ****Write a summary of your book.** (5-12 sentences)

This book is good because, of the pictures between each chapter and how they tell about the family that was to good to be true for Hollis Woods.
 * Big Question #1: What makes this book good? **

This book could be better by a more exciting beginning because the beginning made me fall asleep.
 * Big Question #2: What would make this book better? **

At first Hollis had a but the family was to perfect that she ran away and now is with Josie.
 * Big Question #3: What’s the one most important thing the author wants you to know? **

This writer wrote this for fun because there is no real lesson or facts in this story.She is also not trying to prove a point.
 * Big Question #4: Why did the writer write this? **

The audience needs to know that this book is very challenging because all the pictures in between.This book is not funny so hopefully the audience is not in the mood to laugh.
 * Big Question #5: What does the audience need to know to understand and enjoy the book? **