Girls of Little Hope
Girls of Little Hope

Author: Sam Beckbessinger

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2023-06-12

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1776192087

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'A dark, strange, and joyful book about sticking by your best friends in the face of a monstrous world.' — Sam Humphries Three girls went into the woods. Only two came back, covered in blood and with no memory of what happened. Being fifteen is tough, tougher when you live in a boring-ass small town like Little Hope, California (population 8,302) in 1996. Donna, Rae and Kat keep each other sane with the fervor of teen girl friendships, zine-making and some amateur sleuthing into the town's most enduring mysteries: a lost gold mine, and why little Ronnie Gaskins burned his parents alive a decade ago. Their hunt will lead them to a hidden cave from which only two of them return alive. Donna the troublemaker can't remember anything. Rae seems to be trying to escape her memories of what happened, while her close-minded religious family presses her for answers. And Kat? Sweet, wannabe writer Kat who rebelled against her mom's beauty pageant dreams by getting fat? She's missing. Dead. Or terribly traumatized, out there in the woods, alone. As the police circle and Kat's frantic mother Marybeth starts doing some investigating of her own, Rae and Donna will have to return to the cave where they discover a secret so shattering that no-one who encounters it will ever be the same.

A Little Hope
A Little Hope

Author: Ethan Joella

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-11-16

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1982171219

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A Read with Jenna Bonus Selection An “immersive…illuminating” (Booklist) and life-affirming novel following the residents of an idyllic Connecticut town over the course of a year, A Little Hope explores the intertwining lives of a dozen neighbors as they confront everyday desires and fears: a lost love, a stalled career, an illness, and a betrayal. Freddie and Greg Tyler seem to have it all: a comfortable home, a beautiful young daughter, a bond that feels unbreakable. But when Greg is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, the sense of certainty they once knew evaporates. Throughout their town, friends and neighbors face the most difficult of life’s challenges and are figuring out how to survive thanks to love, grace, and hope. “A quietly powerful portrait of small-town life…told with wisdom and tenderness” (Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes) A Little Hope is a deeply resonant debut that immerses the reader in a community and celebrates the importance of small moments of connection.

Call Me Hope
Call Me Hope

Author: Gretchen Olson

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2009-09-26

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0316085456

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As 11-year-old Hope struggles to live under the pressures of her verbally abusive mother, she's tempted to run away but instead chooses resilience. She creates a secret safe haven and an innovative point system (giving herself points for every bad thing her mother says to her); finds comfort and inspiration from Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl; and gains a support team. Ultimately, Hope is able to confront her mother about her hurtful words and help her begin to change.

In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle
In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle

Author: Madeleine Blais

Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

Published: 2017-07-11

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0802193420

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“Beautifully written . . . A celebration of girls and athletics.” The national bestselling sports classic from a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist (USA Today). Expanded and updated with a new epilogue, Madeleine Blais’ book tells the story of a season in the life of the Amherst Lady Hurricanes, a girls’ high school basketball team from the Western Massachusetts college town. The Hurricanes were a talented team with a near-perfect record, but for five straight years, when it came to the crunch of the playoffs, they somehow lacked the desire to go all the way. Now, led by senior guards Jen Pariseau, a three-point specialist, and Jamila Wideman, an All-American phenom, this was the year to prove themselves. It was a season to test their passion for the sport and their loyalty to each other, and a chance to discover who they really were. As an off-season of summer jobs and basketball camps turns to fall, as students arrive and the games begin, Blais charts the ups and downs of the team and paints a portrait of the wider Amherst community, which comes to revel in the athletic exploits of their girls. Finally, a women’s team was getting the attention they deserve. And the Hurricanes were richly deserving; these teenage girls are fierce and funny, smart and ambitious, and they are the heart of this gripping book. “Extraordinary.” —The Baltimore Sun “A picture of a changing period in American sports history, when a town rallied around its female athletes in a way that had previously been reserved for males.” —Publishers Weekly

Ambitious Girl
Ambitious Girl

Author: Tasha Strong

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-12

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780316229692

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"A girl is inspired by an ambitious woman to ponder the word and claim it for herself as well"--

Lab Girl
Lab Girl

Author: Hope Jahren

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2016-04-05

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0349006172

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Lab Girl is a book about work and about love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren's remarkable stories: about the discoveries she has made in her lab, as well as her struggle to get there; about her childhood playing in her father's laboratory; about how lab work became a sanctuary for both her heart and her hands; about Bill, the brilliant, wounded man who became her loyal colleague and best friend; about their field trips - sometimes authorised, sometimes very much not - that took them from the Midwest across the USA, to Norway and to Ireland, from the pale skies of North Pole to tropical Hawaii; and about her constant striving to do and be her best, and her unswerving dedication to her life's work. Visceral, intimate, gloriously candid and sometimes extremely funny, Jahren's descriptions of her work, her intense relationship with the plants, seeds and soil she studies, and her insights on nature enliven every page of this thrilling book. In Lab Girl, we see anew the complicated power of the natural world, and the power that can come from facing with bravery and conviction the challenge of discovering who you are.

Little Hope Big Hope
Little Hope Big Hope

Author: Anita Kissi

Publisher: Xlibris Au

Published: 2018-05-17

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781543406252

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Ready? The expedition to find hope begins now! Little ones, big ones, boys and girls everyone all round the world: Join us as we travel through the pages of Little Hope, Big Hope inspiring children of all ages and stages, bursting with joy. The book of hope has arrived! Give your neighbour a high five! Go and tell them its finally here! The book that changes lives is finally here! Hope, volume onethats one for the team. Hope in a book teaching children they can dream. Hope in a book teaching children they can believe. Belief improves well-being.

Hope Was Here
Hope Was Here

Author: Joan Bauer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-06-02

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1101657871

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Readers fell in love with teenage waitress Hope Yancey when Joan Bauer’s Newbery Honor–winning novel was published ten years ago. Now, with a terrific new jacket and note from the author, Hope’s story will inspire a new group of teen readers.

Ugly Girls
Ugly Girls

Author: Lindsay Hunter

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2014-11-04

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0374533865

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Traces the chaotic breakdown of a friendship that shapes and unravels the identities of two rebellious girls in the wake of a stalker's predations.

The Sudden Appearance of Hope
The Sudden Appearance of Hope

Author: Claire North

Publisher: Redhook

Published: 2016-05-17

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 0316335975

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The World Fantasy Award-winning thriller about a girl no one can remember, from the acclaimed author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K. My name is Hope Arden, and you won't know who I am. But we've met before -- a thousand times. It started when I was sixteen years old. A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A friend who looks at me and sees a stranger. No matter what I do, the words I say, the crimes I commit, you will never remember who I am. That makes my life difficult. It also makes me dangerous. The Sudden Appearance of Hope is a riveting and heartbreaking exploration of identity and existence, about a forgotten girl whose story will stay with you forever.