They're likely to gobble this up like so much comfort food. Hope Was Here is continuing my love of Newbery Honor books, another sweet gem of the middle-grade readership that I gobbled up in one train ride. The author resolves a few of her plot points a bit too tidily, but her fans won't mind. Hope Was Here is a Newbery Honor book, written by Joan Bauer in 2000. sat in the middle of the place like the center ring in a circus''), brings Hope's surroundings and her emotions to life.

Her vivid prose, often rich in metaphor (e.g., Hope's description of the Brooklyn diner: ''The big, oval counter. Readers will recognize many of Bauer's hallmarks here-a strong female protagonist on the road to self-discovery, quirky characters, dysfunctional families, a swiftly moving story, moments of bright humor. Along the way, Addie and Hope both find love, and Hope discovers the father figure she has so desperately wanted. Stoop, who is battling leukemia, run for mayor. She and Addie shine in the small-town milieu and gladly offer to help diner owner G.T. When Addie accepts a new job that takes the pair from Brooklyn to the Welcome Stairways diner in Mulhoney, Wis., Hope never could have imagined the big changes ahead of her. But Hope would gladly give up always having to say good-bye to friends and places she loves. She doesn't mind the hard work it takes to make a diner hum she seems to have inherited a knack for waiting tables from the free-spirit mom (Addie's younger sister) who abandoned her years ago. Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer Readers fell in love with teenage waitress Hope Yancey when Joan Bauer’s Newbery. Sixteen-year-old Hope has grown used to the nomadic life she has built with her aunt Addie, a talented diner cook.

Urn:oclc:53959672 Republisher_operator Scandate 20111222051011 Scanner (Rules of the Road Squashed) serves up agreeable fare in this tale of a teenage waitress's search for a sense of belonging. OL2000388W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 94.90 Pages 198 Ppi 643 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0786232587 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:48:34 Boxid IA141807 Boxid_2 CH120120905-BL1 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor