2001 verse novel by Virginia Euwer Wolff
True Believer is a verse novel for young adults, written by Virginia Euwer Wolff and published by Atheneum Books in 2001.
It has been published as an audiobook read by Heather Alicia Simms, and translated into Chinese, German, Italian, and Japanese.
It won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and was named a Michael L. Printz Honor book.
A review in "Publishers Weekly" observed that Wolff writes with "delicacy and sensitivity".
Reception and themes.
According to an interview with "Horn Book Magazine", Wolff never identified the race of the characters purposefully, because she wanted readers to have their own views of them.
"Horn Book Magazine" mentioned the theme of romantic feeling that can take over everyday life. Roger Sutton, the reviewer, said that "LaVaughn's portrayal of her life at school and home becomes shaped by her feelings for Jody." 
"Publishers Weekly" summarized the overall theme as "one of the pivotal issues of puberty": abstinence.
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