By Patricia Reilly Giff
Hollis Woods has been in such a lot of foster houses she will hardly ever bear in mind all of them. She even runs clear of the Regans, the only relations who deals her a home.
When Hollis is shipped to Josie, an aged artist who's quirky and affectionate, she desires to remain. yet Josie is starting to be extra forgetful on a daily basis. If Social providers reveals out, they'll take Hollis away and movement Josie right into a domestic. good, Hollis Woods won't allow an individual separate them. She's escaped the method earlier than; this time, she plans to take Josie with her.
Yet at the back of all her plans, Hollis longs for her lifestyles with the Regans, solving every one second of her time with them in photos she'll always remember.
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