True Believer
2001 • 344 pages

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Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to.


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#2 in Make Lemonade

Make Lemonade is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 1993 with contributions by Virginia Euwer Wolff.

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I loved revisiting LaVaughn, a couple years more mature with a long way left to go. The end of Make Lemonade gave me goosebumps; the end of True Believer leaves me hopeful.

June 1, 2023

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