I feel that the hope part of the book is coming into place, according to the text Wavie took a school day off to explore the woods with gilbert sense it was a beautiful day after a couple miles they found a ravine with a bunch of trash around it sense Gilbert and his grandma take trash to a recycling plant to get extra cash they decided to pick some up after a while Wavie found a box full of her moms old check that hoyt was supposed to through away they found a check inside of it that showed the exact name of one of the bowmans