Hope Springs

By Jaime Berry

A girl seeks a true home while facing a town's biggest threat.

4.3/5 Goodreads · 239 ratings

352 pages· 52,984 words· Est. 7.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Jubilee Johnson, an eleven-year-old expert at moving and crafting, dreams of finding a permanent home. In Hope Springs, Texas, she encounters new friends and a looming threat from a mega-store. As Jubilee battles to save the town she loves, she must decide whether to stand her ground or move again. With unexpected help from her Momma, can Jubilee convince her Nan to finally settle down?

From the publisher

Fans of Kate DiCamillo and Katherine Applegate will fall in love with this tug-at-your-heartstrings middle-grade novel about one girl who is desperate to find the “perfect home” as she moves from one town to the next with her Grandmother. Eleven-year-old Jubilee Johnson is an expert at three things: crafting, moving, and avoiding goodbyes. On the search for the “perfect place,” she and her Nan live by their Number One Relocation Rule–just the two of them is all they need. But Jubilee’s starting to feel like just two is a little too close to alone. Desperate to settle down, Jubilee plans their next move, Hope Springs, Texas–home of her TV crafting idol, Arletta Paisley. Here she meets a girl set on winning the local fishing tournament and a boy who says exactly the right thing by hardly speaking at all. Soon, Jubilee wonders if Hope Springs might just be the place to call home. But when the town is threatened by a mega-chain superstore fronted by Arletta Paisley, Jubilee is faced with skipping town yet again or standing up to her biggest bully yet. With the help of her new friends and the one person she never thought she’d need–her Momma–will Jubilee find a way to save the town she’s come to love and convince Nan that it’s finally time to settle down?

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