description: When sixteen-year-old Hope and her aunt move from Brooklyn to 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.
language: English
title: Hope Was Here
titlecomplete: Hope Was Here
genres: Fiction, Family, Coming Of Age, Teen, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Childrens
ratings_count: 20666
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
category: Senior, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult
publisher: Thorndike Pr