Challenge for Hope Was Here

Hope is born with a first name that is not Hope, a name she hates. At age 12, she legally changes her name to Hope.

How important is a name? Does it make a person who they are? Can it shape who they want to be?

Your challenge: If you could change your name, what name would you pick and why? If you’d keep the name you have, why?

Write your answer in the form of a free verse poem (see Hope’s poem in Chapter 5 for an example).