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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsOther titles in the Make Lemonade Trilogy series:True Believerby Virginia Euwer Wolff
AwardsWinner of the 2001 National Book Award, Young People's Literature
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:LaVaughn is fifteen now, and she's still fiercely determined to go to college. But that's the only thing she's sure about. Loyalty to her father bubbles up as her mother grows closer to a new man. The two girls she used to do everything with have chosen a path LaVaughn wants no part of. And then there's Jody. LaVaughn can't believe how gorgeous he is...or how confusing. He acts like he's in love with her, but is he? Review:"Wolff has surpassed herself with this sequel [to Make Lemonade]....In delving into LaVaughn's life, Wolff unmasks the secret thoughts adolescents hold sacred and, in so doing, lets her readers know they are not alone." Publishers Weekly Review:"[P]owerful....Transcendent, raw, and fiercely optimistic....A natural for reader's theater, this will capture even reluctant readers." Gillian Engberg, Booklist Review:"When Wolff writes a book, it's an event. When she revisits LaVaughn, as she does in True Believer, it is a prodigious gift....Wolff unerringly reveals the inner depths of her heroine....[A] coming-of-age story with both bite and heart, which poses more questions than it answers but never runs out of hope." Kirkus Reviews Review:"[A] heartbreaking story, truthful in its pain but buoyed by LaVaughn's resilient spirit and by a redemptive and earned ending." Horn Book Review:"[O]ffers readers insights into the institutions and social relationships that shape the lives of inner-city teens....Though there's a heap of teen problems here, Wolff is adroit at expressing both the comic and tragic feelings of her young protagonist....A solid addition for high school and young adult collections." School Library Journal Review:"Wolff writes in blank verse, and as Verna tells her story, the reader moves in lockstep with her wherever she goes, laughing and crying, celebrating and worrying, wondering and deciding. It is an outstanding continuing portrait of Verna LaVaughn." VOYA Review:"Readers, whether they share LaVaughn's material struggles or not, will get right into her life and see how much courage she and her mother have to hope for a better life, and to work diligently to realize that hope." KLIATT Review:"True Believer explores issues relevant to today's teens in an honest and sensitive manner. Virginia Euwer Wolff gives readers a moving, beautifully written poignant story, well worth the eight year wait — a story that makes us true believers in LaVaughn and in the tenacity and resiliency of her spirit." Alan Reviews Synopsis:In this second novel of Wolff's Make Lemonade trilogy, 15-year old Verna LaVaughn is visited by Jody, a boy she knew as a child who comes back to the housing project where she lives. Jody behaves as if he's in love with her, but Jody is wrestling with questions of his own identity. Synopsis:LaVaughn is fifteen now, and she's still fiercely determined to go to college. But that's the only thing she's sure about. Loyalty to her father bubbles up as her mother grows closer to a new man. The two girls she used to do everything with have chosen a path LaVaughn wants no part of. And then there's Jody. LaVaughn can't believe how gorgeous he is...or how confusing. He acts like he's in love with her, but is he? What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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