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In "Call Me Hope" by Gretchen Olson, 11-year-old Hope navigates the challenges of living with her verbally abusive mother. Amidst the emotional turmoil, she creates a secret haven and an innovative point system to cope with her mother's hurtful words. This compelling coming-of-age story explores themes of resilience and self-empowerment, culminating in Hope confronting her mother and facilitating change. The book offers a blend of difficult vocabulary with accessible dialogue, making it a heartfelt and educational read for young audiences.
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Call me Hope By: Grechen Olson The year published:1997 Genre: Realistic fiction Level of difficulty: difficult, there are hard vocabulary words some times, but the dialog is easy.
Info about the author Gretchen Olson is an the directors for the “Hands & words are not for hurting” association. She received the university of Oregon's community for her work with the “Hands & words are not for hurting" association. Gretchen lives with her husband on their blueberry farm in Oregon.
About The Book As 11 year old Hope struggles to live under the pressures of her verbally abusive mother, she’s attempted 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). By the diary of a young girl, in the end, Hope able to confront her mother about her hurtful words and help her begin to change
I would recommend this book to my class mates because I really enjoyed the book even though it has hard vocabulary but it’s a nice and heartwarming story and I liked the way Hope overcome her challenges in life.
About Hope Hope is very patient and very smart about her problems and solves them in a calm, graceful, and intelligent way.