Hope Was Here (2001 Newbery Honor Book)
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Published: May 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic; Politics, Practical; Diners (Restaurants); Juvenile Fiction; Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General; Children: Grades 4-6; Social Situations - General; Royalty (kings  queens  princes  princesses  knights  etc.); Juvenile Fiction / General; Cancer; Fiction
First sentence: Somehow I knew my time had come when Bambi 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.