Hope Was Here
by Bauer, Joan
Smithsonian's Notable BookSLJ Best BookYoung Reader's Choice Award/NomineeChristopher AwardALA Notable/Best BooksYALSA Top TenNewbery HonorPolitics
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AR Book Level
5.1
AR Points
6
Word Count
41,673
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
210876 EN
About this book
When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as a waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved in the political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.