Hope Was Here (2001 Newbery Honor Book)
by By Bauer, Joan
Category: Young Adult Fiction , Fantasy , General

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