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Title Hope Was Here
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| Author |
Joan Bauer |
| Country |
United States |
| Language |
English |
| Genre(s) |
Contemporary American Fiction |
| Publisher |
G.P. Putnam’s Sons |
| Released |
2000 |
| Media type |
Print (Hardback & Paperback), Compact Disc, Book on Tape |
| Pages |
186 pp (Paperback edition) |
| ISBN |
ISBN: 0142404241 (Paperback edition) |
Hope Was Here is a 2000 novel by Joan Bauer about a 16 year old teenage girl, Hope Yancey, helping out in a political campaign in Mulhoney, Wisconsin (while at the same time, being a waitress). The name of the girl, "Hope", is very symbolic throughout the story. It won the Newbery Honor Award in 2001.
[edit] Characters
- Hope Yancey
- G.T. Stoop (Hope's boss)
- Addie (Hope's Aunt)
- Braverman/Eddy (Hope's coworker)
- Eli Millstone
- Flo
