Hope Wins

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In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Peña and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brallier and R.L. Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times.

Where does hope live?

In your family?

In your community?

In your school?

In your heart?

From a family restaurant to a hot-dog shaped car, from an empty road on a moonlight night to a classroom holiday celebration, this anthology of personal stories from award-winning and bestselling authors, shows that hope can live everywhere, even—or especially—during the darkest of times.

No matter what happens: Hope wins.

Contributors include: Tom Angleberger, James Bird, Max Brallier, Julie Buxbaum, Pablo Cartaya, J.C. Cervantes, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Stuart Gibbs, Adam Gidwitz, Karina Yan Glaser, Veera Hiranandani, Hena Khan, Gordon Korman, Janae Marks, Sarah Mlynowski, Rex Ogle, James Ponti, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Ronald L.Smith, Christina Soontornvat, and R.L. Stine.

PRAISE

These personal essays, whose authors embody myriad worldviews and represent a widely intersectional spectrum, provide a much-needed window into how hope can flourish in hardship, and stress the importance of perseverance and a supportive community.

Publisher’s Weekly

Hope Wins is a beautifully crafted collection of stories chock full of wisdom,
humor, and heartbreak. Middle schoolers, thru adults will find much to love and relate to in these pages and will take away the most important truth – that it gets better and what always remains, no matter what, is hope.

Suzanne C, Amazon Reviewer

Twenty-two of the best YA authors around give us insights into what it truly means to be human. Highly engaging and relevant for today’s teens (and adults, too) these stories remind us we are ONE humankind. We all suffer. We learn. We grow. We must do so together. And for this, there is HOPE.

As a Professor and National Writing Project Director in Florida, I have found this book to be just what I would have wanted in my class when I taught middle school. Small bits of text allow for students to master reading and feel success, and the All-Star cast of authors leaves teachers and students with an unending “Must Read” Booklist (times 22 authors) to continue their love of reading (and writing) for many years to come.

Dr. Suz, Amazon Reviewer

H-O-P-E. Only a 4 letter word and sometimes the feeling is just as small, but in this collection of real-life stories from world-class authors, readers will absolutely know how important even a little bit of hope is. Dr. Rose Brock compiled and edited the reminiscences that span topics including death of a beloved grandmother, a school bully, the importance of one’s name, and even a ghostly encounter and each one is tied to the other with the thread of HOPE. Highly recommended for all tween and teen readers to encourage them, make them think, dream and, above all HOPE!

Melanie D, Amazon Reviewer

Soontornvat’s narrative nonfiction account shares these events and those that led to the rescue along with intricate details about caverns, sump diving, and other scientific details that emphasize the harrowing conditions of the rescue. She also touches on Thai culture, immigration issues, Buddhism, and religion…This stellar nonfiction work reads like a heart-pounding adventure story. Every library should have a copy.

School Library Journal (STARRED Review)

Full of hope! This is a great book for kids and adults alike. Ugly is full of hope-filled stories from popular children’s authors. Recommended for grade 4-7

C Collins, Amazon Reviewer

In her nonfiction debut, Soontornvat (Simon at the Art Museum) presents a well-researched, comprehensive look at the 2018 rescue of the Wild Boars juvenile soccer team from Thailand’s flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave…Soontornvat delivers humanizing coverage of a harrowing event, attempting to decenter Western media’s lens with great success. Back matter includes an author’s note and a bibliography.

Publishers Weekly Online (STARRED Review)