Hollis Woods: A Short Story
Giff, Patricia, Reilly., Pictures of Hollis Woods, Dell Yearling, New York, 2002, 166p. Sammy: Hollis Woods is a foster child who doesn’t like to stay in one place for long. She made herself the reputation of being a handful. One thing Hollis loved to do was draw. She drew several memories in her life and always had a special meaning of her own to them all. Hollis was placed with the Regan family. Mr. Regan, Izzy, and their son, Steven. The Regan’s were different from all the other familiar she had ever been sent to. It took Hollis a while but she grew happy with the family. Her and Steven were very close. Steven was the big brother she never had. He taught her things and liked to get into trouble with Mr. Regan. The Regan’s were going to …show more content…
She was old. She had her cat Henry, her sister Beatrice and now Hollis. It wasn’t long before the foster agency caught on to Josie’s condition and informed Hollis they were going to be rehoming her to a new family. Hollis couldn’t leave. She loved Josie and Beatrice had just gone on her dream vacation and Josie would be alone. Josie couldn’t be alone. Hollis acted quickly and packed their things to head to the Regan’s summer house up state. It was the only place Hollis knew to go. Josie went right along with Hollis’ plan. The summer house was great for only a short time until reality began to hit Hollis. She knew Josie belonged at her house. Hollis had been doing an excellent job at taking care of the two of them but a few strange occurrences had happened that puzzled Hollis. The day after Christmas Hollis decided she would walk to the nearest phone, four miles down the road, and call Beatrice. Josie would go home and Hollis would have to find a new one. To her surprise she was stopped on the road by Steven. Who she realized had been helping them the entire time. The Regan’s had been informed by the foster agency that Hollis was missing and Steven knew she would go there. Hollis called Beatrice and Steven told Hollis to come home. Hollis went back and lived
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