This was an incredibly moving book. For being only 166 small pages, there was tremendous emotion and character development. I read this in about an hour, but it has really stuck with me.
Hollis is a child of the foster care system. She is a habitual runaway, never staying in one foster home too long. Her case manager sends her to spend the summer with a family to "get some fresh air" in their summer cabin in the woods. The small family (Mom, Dad, brother Steven) decide to adopt Hollis, but a tragic accident makes Hollis run again. Her next foster is a former teacher, who is showing the beginnings of dementia. Josie seems to forget Hollis has to go to school which suits Hollis just fine. When the case manager decides Hollis needs more structure, she and Josie run. Hollis gets them to the cabin, the one place Hollis felt was "home".
I don't want to spoil more of what happens, but it's really a hard look at the way foster care kids are treated. For Hollis, it will be a happy ending.
The story is told in flashback and flashforward, between Hollis's time with the Regans and Josie. Hollis is an artist, and the descriptions of her work help the reader to see her perspective as to why she does the things she does.
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