i need HELP with my book report?

Question

i read a book called Pictures of Hollis Woods and i kind of forget a little bit about it...im not asking for a book report just help with one.

Answer 1

theres a list of all sites with summarries of the book =]

Answer 2

From Publishers Weekly
Giff again introduces a carefully delineated and sympathetic heroine in this quiet contemporary novel. Artistically talented Hollis Woods, age 12, has made a habit of running away from foster homes, but she s found a place on Long Island where she wants to stay for a while. She immediately bonds with Josie, her new guardian, who is a slightly eccentric, retired art teacher. Yet Hollis is far from content. She worries about Josie s increasing forgetfulness, and she sorely misses her last foster family, the Regans, whom she left under tense circumstances that are only gradually made clear. Giff intersperses tender scenes demonstrating Hollis s growing affection for Josie with memories of the Regans, whose images Hollis preserves in her sketchbook. Pictures of motherly Izzy Regan, her architect husband and their mischievous yet compassionate son, Steven, sensitively express the young artist s conception of a perfect family. As readers become intimately acquainted with Hollis, they will come to understand her fears, regrets and longings, and will root for her as she pursues her dream of finding a home where she belongs. Ages 8-13.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7-Abandoned at birth, Hollis Woods has lived in about a half dozen homes and has always wished for a family. A foster caretaker describes her as "a mountain of trouble." When Josie Cahill, a retired art teacher, takes the 12-year-old into her home on Long Island, NY, the two bond almost immediately. Hollis draws pictures with colored pencils and Josie carves branches into people. However, it soon becomes clear that Josie has trouble remembering things, and Hollis becomes the caregiver. When she stops attending school, a social worker comes by to investigate. Flashbacks slowly illuminate Hollis's life with one family who had hoped to adopt her and why this didn't happen. Giff masterfully weaves these two strands together in a surprising and satisfying ending.

Answer 3

Ian Glish
1/2/07

1776

I. Early Colonial Period
A. There were 2 major changes between 1500 - 1600
1. Trade
a. Between 1500 - 1600
b. Trading Companies went from 0 - 200
c. England took over German and Italian traders
d. England developed textile industry
e. Out of the trade became the Merchant class
i. Merchants wanted economic affairs to be regulated by the state
ii. Export more than you import - balance of trade
iii. National self sufficiency was encouraged and included subsidizing domestic goods
iv. Labor needed to be regulated
v. Colonies were necessary for raw materials
2. Agriculture
a. Consolidation of small farms in England
b. Resulted in “displaced” people
c. Overpopulation went to the “New World”
B. Religious Changes
1. Protestant Revolution in Europe
2. England began the Anglican Church in 1534
a. Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church over divorce
b. King is the head of the church as well as the government
3. Puritans
a. They were not satisfied enough with changes
b. They wanted more simplicity and less power of II. Colonies
A. Jamestown
1. Founded in May 24, 1607 by John Smith
2. He was a tobacco farmer
B. Plymouth Bay Colony
1. November 1620
2. Some Puritans on the boat
3. Puritans = Simplicity, no rituals, fussiness, dancing, or drinking
4. The Puritans in England left for Holland because they were being persecuted
5. They were Unitarians
C. Massachusetts Bay Colony
1. Founded in 1630
2. Puritan Colony
3. Only church members could vote
4. No jury trials
D. Rhode Island Colony
1. Created by Roger William's
2. He was banished from Massachusetts because he criticized the Puritans
3. Set up colony for religious freedom
4. Separation of church and state
5. In 1647 - outlawed trials for witchcraft
6. They are called Congregationalist
E. Maryland
1. Catholic
2. Allowed freedom of religion if Christian
F. Pennsylvania
1. Founded in 1681
2. They were Quakers
III. Colonial Government
A. Colonies sanctioned by English Government
B. Colonies had Governors appointed my English Government
C. Colonies had councils chosen by the English Government, that advised the government formed the upper house.
D. Council were usually rich and land owners
E. Lower House was chosen by “Free men”
F. Local Government had 2 parts
i. County Sheriff
ii. Justice of the Peace
IV. Land
A. In the 17th Century
1. Legislative gave land to the churches.
2. Churches gave land to parishioners
B. In the 18th Century
1. Money people bought up large blocks of lands.
2. By 1760, the merchants were the strongest block of people
C. In the South
1. The had plantations
2. The labor was of several kinds
a. Indenturend Servants
i. There were 2 types
a. People who worked to repay their trip to the U.S.
b. Paupers and convicts - sentenced to labor in the U.S.
ii. Slaves

Answer 4

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Literature reviews

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Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 5

if the book is short then just read the parts you forgot, unless the book is long. if its long then just browse through it.