description: Hope is a 16-year-old girl, living a nomadic lifestyle with her aunt Addie. Addie is a chef and restaurant manager, and Hope works as a waitress. They're always moving from place to place, and the story opens with them up-rooting from Brooklyn, New York. Before she leaves, Hope scribbles 'Hope Was Here' onto the menu board - it's become her motto, a ritual she carries out whenever they have to hit the road - again. Hope's a city girl and she isn't sure how she's going to tackle life in 'cow country'. Things start hotting up for her, though, when she gets embroiled in the local politics of Mulhoney, Wisconsin while working at the Welcome Stairways diner- Soon, Hope is tackling big issues about her own past, while grappling with some surprising developments in her new home town.
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: Corgi Childrens