Hope was Here

by Joan Bauer
Lexile:  710
Genre:  Realistic Fiction

Hope is moving again.  Abandoned by her mother at birth, raised by her loving aunt, Hope has spent her life dreaming of the moment that she when she meets her father.  When Aunt Addie tells her that packing up and moving to Wisconsin, Hope isn't sure that she's up for the challenge.  But she puts her faith in the fact that Addie has always done what was best for the two of them, and decides to forge ahead with the move.  The sleepy town of Mulhoney doesn't look like it has much to offer at first, but what Hope finds there, will change her life forever.