Description Level/Grade: Level 3 / 6th–8th Registration Closes: 4/10/2026 Classes Start: 4/30/2026 Length: 5 Weeks Day: Thursdays Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 am PST Teacher: Clare Bonn Materials: Novel and Workbook included During this 5-week session, teachers will support students as they journal ideas, explore vocabulary, dive deep into the plot, discuss ideas, receive feedback on the weekly writing exercise, and build a culminating project. Hollis Woods was an infant when she was abandoned and for 12 years she has been transferred from one foster home to another. To the social agency, she is a “mountain of trouble” because she skips school and runs away, even from the Regans, a family willing to give her a real home. When she is placed with Josie, an elderly artist who is becoming very forgetful, Hollis begins to feel needed and doesn’t ever want to leave this eccentric old woman who knows a lot about friendship and love.
