True Believer, Virginia Euwer Wolff
True Believer, Virginia Euwer Wolff
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True Believer

Author: Virginia Euwer Wolff

Narrator: Heather Alicia Simms

Unabridged: 4 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/22/2002

Synopsis

What's new in LaVaughn's life is Jody--a boy she knew as a child who's come back to the housing project where she lives. Jody is like a miracle: He smells like chlorine, he calls her "little buddy," he goes with her to the dance. It's just as if he's in love with her. Except not quite.

As LaVaughn puzzles over Jody, as her best friends struggle with belief and acceptance, and as Jody wrestles with questions about his own identity, Virginia Euwer Wolff rises to the occasion with this astonishing and powerfully moving novel, the second in the Make Lemonade trilogy.

About The Author

Virginia Euwer Wolff has written three other books for young adults, The Mozart Season, Probably Still Nick Swanson, and Make Lemonade, also available from Listening Library. Ms. Wolff lives in Oregon City, Oregon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Literary on May 16, 2019

Intelligent and strong narrative. I always enjoy watching a sharp mind at work, but her conclusions lacked some necessary connections. Still, whether I agree or not, I enjoy giving a smart author a soapbox. What could be more entertaining than new ideas, strongly presented. Wish I could have rated t......more

Goodreads review by Bernadette on September 04, 2009

Wow! What a book! I admit that because of limited selection I simply picked this book from the library shelf without even looking through it. A couple of weeks before reading it, I thumbed through the book and saw the free verse style it is written in and thought, oh boy, I don’t know if I’ll like t......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on January 09, 2010

LaVaughn's life was so far average. That is, until her childhood friend moves back into her building. He's Jody, and he's changed a lot. LaVaughn doesn't see him as her old childhood friend anymore. She sees him as her possible boyfriend. Everything's going smoothly; she hangs out with Jody and take......more

Goodreads review by Trisha on February 11, 2015

I did this as an audio book and I think that is the wrong way to enjoy this book You lose the lyrical quality because the audio book is just reading. I didn't even realize it should be read/understood as poems because she just reads..... I think this might have been a 4 star for me....except how I rea......more

Goodreads review by Laura on August 12, 2022

Rating in 2002: **** Rating in 2022: ****......more

Awards

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