Hope Was Here Themes

Nobody's had it easy in this book. Many of the major characters in Hope Was Here have had a family member walk out on them. Hope's mother left her five minutes after the umbilical cord was cut; Add...

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When Sid Vole shows up in town in Hope Was Here, he tells G.T. that "the whole messy game of politics is about trust" (64) and that "politics is war" (65). Play that spin doctor's message backwards...

Hope and change—hmm, sounds like that could be a great campaign slogan.Change isn't easy for most people, especially teens. Especially teens who are plucked out of their comfort zones before they...

No one can blame Hope for wanting a family straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. We're talking the one where Mom, Dad, and six freckled-face siblings are sitting at the dining room table wait...

Thanks to the interwebs, it's not uncommon to have over 300 friends in 42 different cities, states, or countries. All it takes is a click of button for the guy or girl you spent three minutes chatt...

In Hope Was Here, when a funeral hearse pulls up in front of the Welcome Stairways diner (courtesy of Mayor Millstone), G.T. walks up to the driver, shakes his hand, and invites him in for breakfas...

G.T. expresses the principal principle of Hope Was Here with these four words: "Do the right thing." He credits the cancer for teaching him this valuable life-lesson, but his strong moral compass w...