A Newbery Honor Book

Food is within 16-year-old Hope’s blood. With her Aunt Addie, diner cook extraordinaire, she moves the Areas and hones her waitressing abilities, impressing hungry people almost everywhere. But following a tides of comfort food dining means Hope never reaches stay in one place lengthy, and that’s tough.

The most recent move threatens to be the hardest yet, leaving the pleasure of NEW YORK to perform a diner in rural Wisconsin. Wish doesn’t be prepared to feel in the home there, just like she doesn’t be prepared to get swept up around politics. But her job has taught her to read people, and instinct tells her to trust G.T. Stoop, the straight-shooting owner of the Welcome Stairways Diner, whose leukemia makes his access into a heated mayoral competition a surprise to everyone.

What follows-as Wish meets politics, problem, and her past head-on-is in the centre of this unforgettable, laugh-out-loud story about honor, trust, and serving up your very best.