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Where does Abbi Goldstein get her nickname 'Baby Hope' From?
The photograph picturing her with a red balloon on 9/11
What conflict do we find out about in the first few chapters as that causes issues throughout especially chapter 53?
9/11 syndrome & she has been coughing blood,chapter 53 she wins a game at camp but a counselor sits on her and she coughs up blood then passing out and having to go to hospital- they find a tumor and remove it
Why did Noah want Abbi to help track down and interview others in the picture from 9/11 with him?
He wanted to know any information about his dad but told her as a cover-up that he was just going to write about it in Oakdale High Free Press and try to find a joke as a healing mechanism for 9/11ch. 7 pg. 32-33
Where does the story take place and who's perspective and story?
Oakdale, New Jersey (pg. 11) Abbi's but throughout the story it switches between Abbi and Noah's perspective
Who is the author?
Julie BuxBaum
Noah
What conflict made Noah and Abbi become friends?
He basically blackmails her by saying he'd tell everyone at camp she's 'Baby Hope' and she eventually agreed ch.3 pg.19 and ch.7 29- ch.11 pg. 49-51
Why did Abbi avoid telling her parents about her coughing up blood because the tumor?
did not want her parents to worry & wanted to enjoy one last summer, thought she was going to die and did not want to without properly living and having what was meant for her
What is the setting after Abbi leaves home for camp?
A summer camp, her car, other 9/11 survivor homes, and also restaurants that she goes to with Noah
When was Hope and Other Punch Lines published?
May 7,2019
Who was Abbi's main best friend before she met new ones at camp?
Cat
What conflict causes Noah to feel that he is not very smart and stupid for believing?
not knowing his dad was dead, finds out by getting told he went back in to save others: did not know and thought his father left due to him being sick with heart issues and felt he was a burden so he left them but that wasn't true and his mom did not tell him
What does Abbi find out about Noah?
that he likes comedy, and so does his best friend Jack
Where are they when Noah has first realization of what happened to his dad and why?
last 9/11 survivor interview, Jamal Eggers' house. realizes during the car trip to his house, that his mother knew the whole time and it upset him. learns more from his mom during Abbi in hospital. ch.48, 210-213
What are more books by her?
Tell Me Three Things(New York times best seller)
The Opposite of Love
After You
Year On Fire
What To Say Next
Who does Noah not know much about until he digs into 9/11 interviews?
His real dad
What was the conflict leading up to Abbi's hospital stay and her finding out about her tumor?
doing 'color wars' fellow counselor would not get off her and it triggered it and before she had been thinking Noah ran off because she did something wrong but it was far from that (Abbi had a Tumor she was ignoring & Noah ran off due to family issues)ch.53 pg.230-232 & ch. 54-63.
Name it, after a bit, she decided to name it Go! although she found it kind of odd
What is the overall theme of Hope and Other Punch Lines?
finding hope in difficult situations and believing you can make it through and self-discovery
Has she won any awards?
New York Times bestseller
debut young adult novel
Who in Abbi's family is sick and has to move in with her?
Her grandmother
When do we find out more about Livi, the kid Abbi was a camp counselor to?
page #. 288, chapter sixty-seven
" "Did you know I have a picture of you as a baby in the bathroom at my house?" Livi asks " makes the reader think back to the interview with Sheila Brashard 149, ch. 34 " 'I find the photograph empowering. The world literally exploded and I survived,' Shelia says. " 'Where's the picture?' Abbi asks. 'In the master bathroom.' "(150-151)
What does Noah do for Abbi as they interview and while she is in hospital?
When was Noah & Abbi's first kiss? And Where?
ch.47, pg.205-207 a wall famous on instagram tour of Oakdale, New Jersey. the pink wall. before Jamal Eggers
When was she born?
1977 lived in Rockland County, New York