Hope Was Here
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Hope Was Here is a 2000 novel
by Joan Bauer. It was declared a Newbery Honor Book in 2001.
Meanwhile, Addie has been changing the menu at the diner, much to G.T.'s amusement. Hope starts dating the cook a recent high school graduate named Eddie Braverman(AKA Braveman) who works at the diner to help support his mother. Hope befriends the two other waitresses, Flo and Lou Ellen, and a Russian immigrant, Yuri, who works as a bus boy at the diner. Lou Ellen has a young daughter, Anastasia, who is ill and refuses to eat. G.T. sets up a nursery in his office and lets Lou Ellen bring her daughter to work. Anastasia reminds Hope of herself when she was a baby, so Hope and Braverman decide to help Lou Ellen by watching Anastasia. They finally succeed in getting her to drink from a bottle.
Braverman, Hope and a group of students from the area high school form a Students for Stoop organization to support G.T.'s campaign. G.T. has recently discovered that his leukemia is in remission. Because of Braverman's participation, he is attacked and beaten by a group of Millstone's supporters. Then, Millstone's campaign spreads a rumor that G.T.'s cancer has spread to his brain. The teens, Addie and G.T., along with Brenda, the deputy sheriff, all attempt to spread the truth about G.T., but they are not able to convince the townspeople in time, and G.T. loses the election.
A few weeks later, Hope and Braverman are going over the list of voters, and they discover that Millstone rigged the election. G.T. is named the new mayor of Mulhoney and begins many reform programs. Addie and G.T. marry and afterward, G.T. decides to adopt Hope. About two years later, G.T.'s leukemia returns. G.T. dies after Hope tells him that she thinks of him as her real father, the one that she was always looking for. Hope and Braverman leave for college, since he can now pay for his tuition thanks to reforms that G.T. started.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by Joan Bauer. It was declared a Newbery Honor Book in 2001.
Synopsis
A teenager named Hope Yancey (AKA "Hope") lives with her aunt, Addie, in Brooklyn, where Addie works as a chef and Hope works as a waitress at "The Blue Box Diner." Hope lives with her aunt because her mother, Deena, (who named her Tulip Yancey, which she disliked so she officially changed her name to Hope when she was twelve) did not consider herself to be a suitable parent. Hope has no idea who her father is and feels that she cannot be whole until she meets him. When the restaurant Hope and her aunt work at closes down because the owner, Gleason Beal, stole all of the restaurant's money, Addie and Hope decide to move to Mulhoney, a small city in southern Wisconsin, where they will work at a small-town diner. Before leaving her home, Hope left " Hope was here" somewhere noticeable like she always did. Hope's new boss, G.T. (Gabriel Thomas) Stoop, is a kind-hearted man, but he has leukemia which keeps him off of his feet at the diner. G.T. decided to run for mayor against the current, very corrupt mayor Eli Millstone. The current mayor supports a huge company that causes a lot of problems for the townspeople, but his political power causes few to run against him.Meanwhile, Addie has been changing the menu at the diner, much to G.T.'s amusement. Hope starts dating the cook a recent high school graduate named Eddie Braverman(AKA Braveman) who works at the diner to help support his mother. Hope befriends the two other waitresses, Flo and Lou Ellen, and a Russian immigrant, Yuri, who works as a bus boy at the diner. Lou Ellen has a young daughter, Anastasia, who is ill and refuses to eat. G.T. sets up a nursery in his office and lets Lou Ellen bring her daughter to work. Anastasia reminds Hope of herself when she was a baby, so Hope and Braverman decide to help Lou Ellen by watching Anastasia. They finally succeed in getting her to drink from a bottle.
Braverman, Hope and a group of students from the area high school form a Students for Stoop organization to support G.T.'s campaign. G.T. has recently discovered that his leukemia is in remission. Because of Braverman's participation, he is attacked and beaten by a group of Millstone's supporters. Then, Millstone's campaign spreads a rumor that G.T.'s cancer has spread to his brain. The teens, Addie and G.T., along with Brenda, the deputy sheriff, all attempt to spread the truth about G.T., but they are not able to convince the townspeople in time, and G.T. loses the election.
A few weeks later, Hope and Braverman are going over the list of voters, and they discover that Millstone rigged the election. G.T. is named the new mayor of Mulhoney and begins many reform programs. Addie and G.T. marry and afterward, G.T. decides to adopt Hope. About two years later, G.T.'s leukemia returns. G.T. dies after Hope tells him that she thinks of him as her real father, the one that she was always looking for. Hope and Braverman leave for college, since he can now pay for his tuition thanks to reforms that G.T. started.
Awards
- Newbery HonorNewbery MedalThe John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association . The award is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The award has been given since 1922. ...
, 2001 - Young Reader's Choice AwardYoung Reader's Choice AwardThe Young Reader's Choice Award is an annual book award chosen by students from the Pacific Northwest. It is run by the Pacific Northwest Library Association, and was established in 1940, making it the oldest children's choice award in the U.S. and Canada....
, 2003 - ALA Notable Book
- ALAAmerican Library AssociationThe American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
best Book for Young Adults