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First publish date: 2003
Authors: JoanBauer
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Hope Was Here (2001 Newbery Honor Book) by 6745751|Joan Bauer book cover

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📘 Hope Was Here
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Hope, a 16‑year‑old, relocates from Brooklyn with her aunt to work at the Welcome Stairways diner in Mulhoney, Wisconsin, where they become entangled in the town’s political fight to oust a corrupt mayor.

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