Joan Bauer, who won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Rules of the Road, has served up a delicious novel in Hope Was Here, full of delectable characters, tasty wit, and deep-dish truth. But she had an inner strength that stayed with her throughout her young life. When she was born, she only weighed a little over two pounds, and the doctors didn't have much hope that she would survive. And all of it backed up with stuffed pork tenderloin, butterscotch cream pie, and the rhythm of the short-order dance. Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer is the story of Hope Yancy, a sixteen-year-old girl who is being raised by her aunt Addie. finally realize that they are meant for each other-the father she has always wanted. But he's not dead yet, as the kindly and greathearted restaurant owner demonstrates when he decides to run for mayor against the wicked and corrupt Eli Millstone.Īs old-fashioned goodness lines up against the bad guys, the campaign leads Hope in exciting new directions: a boyfriend who is a great grill man, a new sense of herself and her mission as a waitress, and-when Addie and G.T.

The two of them have been a pair ever since Hope's waitress mother abandoned her as a baby, and now they have come to rural Wisconsin to run the Welcome Stairways café for G.T. She takes pride in making people happy with good food, as does her aunt Addie, a diner cook extraordinaire. Ever since the boss promoted her from bus girl two and a half years ago when she was 14, Hope has been a waitress-and a darn good one, too. Here's a book that's as warm and melty as a grilled Swiss on seven-grain bread, and just as wholesome and substantial. Perfection Learning Prebound, Unknown Binding, 2000 Rebound by Sagebrush, School & Library Binding, 2002 Putnam Juvenile, Mass Market Paperback, 2002 Hope Was Here (2001 Newbery Honor Book).Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, Turtleback, 2002 Scholastic Book Services, Paperback, 2003 Hope Was Here (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition).

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