Hope was Here by Joan Bauer
When sixteen-year old Hope moves (again) to a new town with her Aunt, she begins to work at a restaurant called Welcome Stairways. When they learn that the owner of the restaurant is running for mayor, Hope does everything she can to help him win.
Hope is in the midst of working on the campaign, when everything suddenly goes downhill. Hope's ever-disappearing mother shows up and calls her "Tulip", and the owner of the restaurant is taken ill by leukemia, it's up to her to figure out how to right the wrongs.
Hope's character is very strong, and very likable, someone for girls to look up to and relate to, and her brain never runs out of ideas to help someone out.
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It sounds like you liked this book. Did you like it a little or a lot or somewhere in-between? Did the story hold your attention? What do you think about the concept of an ever-disappearing mother?
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this book. The story was very strong, and held my attention the whole time because the author can write with very good detail. I think the ever-disappearing mother was very irresponsible, but she actually was a helpful character, because it gave Hope and her Aunt a reason to move, and be unhappy about her coming, throwing a twist to the story.
ReplyDeleteFor everyody reading this blog, my rating symbol is an asterisk (*). This book got a *****!