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True Believer

No. of pages 272

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Great for age 12-18 years

Returning to the characters and language that attracted widespread critical acclaim in Make Lemonade, Virginia Euwer Wolff again achieves excellence in this gripping second novel about LaVaughn, her family and her community. When LaVaughn was little, the obstacles in her life didn't seem so bad. If she had an argument with Annie or Myrtle, it would never last long. If she fell out with her mother, they would have made it up by bedtime. School was simple. Boys were friends. Everything made sense. But LaVaughn is now fifteen and the obstacles aren't going away anymore. Big questions separate her from her friends. Her mother is distracted by a new man. School could slip away from her so easily. And the boy who's a miracle in her life acts as if he's in love with her. Only he's not in love with her.

This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by childrens librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Faber & Faber .

Virginia Euwer Wolff lives in Oregon City, Oregon and is currently at work on a third and final book about LaVaughn. She is also the author of three other books for young adults: Probably Still Nick Swansen, The Mozart Season, and Bat 6.

Homelessness And Poverty in fiction
Love And Romance in fiction
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This book is in the following series:

Make Lemonade Trilogy

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

California Young Reader Medal
This book was recognised in the YA category by the California Young Reader Medal.

Nevada Young Readers' Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Nevada Young Readers' Award.

Golden Kite
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Golden Kite.

Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by childrens librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

Michael L Printz Award For Excellence in Young Adult Literature
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Michael L Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award
This book was recognised in the Regional Book category by the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award.

National Book Award
This book was recognised by the National Book Award.

Jane Addams Children's Book Award
This book was recognised in the Older Children category by the Jane Addams Children's Book Award.

Texas Lone Star
This book was recognised by the Texas Lone Star.

Oregon Book Award
This book was recognised in the Young Readers category by the Oregon Book Award.

Children's Books of Distinction Award
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Children's Books of Distinction Award.

South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the South Carolina Childrens Junior and Young Adult Book Award.

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