num_pages: 339
description: Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from friends and inspiring mentors that life is what you make it.
language: English
title: True Believer
titlecomplete: True Believer
genres: Romance, Fiction, High School, Poetry, Contemporary, Teen, Coming Of Age, Realistic Fiction, Audiobook, Young Adult
ratings_count: 3471
series: Make Lemonade
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Book Award
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Carnegie Medal, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Thorndike Pr