Hope Was Here (r/i) (original 2000; edition 2005)

by Joan Bauer

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When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.

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Member:	polutropos
Title:	Hope Was Here (r/i)
Authors:	Joan Bauer
Info:	Puffin (2005), Paperback, 192 pages
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Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer (2000)

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Uplifting realistic teen fiction that focuses on community, politics, and found family. (

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bookwyrmm | Jan 24, 2024 |

Newbery Honor Book, ALA Notable Book, SLJ starred review!

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Newbery Honor Book, ALA Notable Book, SLJ starred review!

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Newbery Honor Book, ALA Notable Book, SLJ starred review!

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How did this only make it as a Newbery Honor book and not the year's Medalist? (

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Awards

California Young Reader Medal (Nominee – Young Adult, Grades 9-12 – 2003)

Christopher Award (Books for Young People – 2001)

Iowa Teen Award (Nominee – 2004)

Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee – 2002)

Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2004)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee – Division II - Grades 6-8 – 2005)

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee – Meadowlark (Novel) – 2003)

Newbery Medal (Honor Book – 2001)

Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee – Senior – 2003)

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 2003)

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee – 2003)

Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee – 2002)

Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee – Young Adult – 2003)

South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee – Young Adult Book Award – 2003)

South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee – 2001)

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Wisconsin Battle of the Books List (Middle Division – 2016)

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Mulhoney, Wisconsin, USA

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For Paster JoAnn Clark, Laura Smalley, and Rita Zuidema - midwives sure and true

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Somehow I knew my time had come when Bambie Barnes tore her order book into little pieces, hurled it in the air like confetti, and got fired from the Rainbow Diner in Pensacola right in the middle of lunchtime rush.

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When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.

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This inspirational book is sure to be a keeper for most teenagers who read it. One finds themselves rooting for who Hope is as a member of the lower working class and what she stands for. A Newbery Honor Book and ALA Notable Book, this is a great independent reading book. It could also be read as a side project or assignment for a High School Sociology class in order to study her lower working class routes. Here is the link to the Good Reads blog post for the book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52...

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