{"product_id":"truth-is-a-novel-in-verse-9781419776830","title":"Truth Is: A Novel in Verse","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Fighting Parts\u003c\/i\u003e comes an empowering and defiant novel in verse in which a teen poet grapples with an unplanned pregnancy and determines what happens to her body in a world that wants to take the choice away from her. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Seventeen-year-old Truth Bangura wants nothing more than to know a life beyond her hometown. Writing and performing is her only solace in a life overwhelmed by a drifting relationship with her best friend, an emotionally turbulent home environment, and the reality that her below average grades make her true dream--escaping her mother's grasp after graduation--uncertain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Truth learns she's pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, she makes one decision she's finally sure about: an abortion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Determined to move forward, Truth turns to the pages in her notebook with the support of her slam poetry team--including the poet with a voice smooth as summer jazz, who's been catching her eye during practice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At an open mic night, Truth finally gains the courage to perform a piece that dives into her rocky relationship with her mother-and reveals the choice she never told her. But when a video of Truth's performance is posted online and starts going viral, her decision quickly becomes everyone's business-including her mother's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told through searing free-verse, journal entries, and interspersed fill-in-the-blank poetry prompts, Hannah V. Sawyerr's \u003ci\u003eTruth Is\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us there is always a choice. There is always hope. And there is always a way forward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amulet Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419776830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hannah V. Sawyerr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51445649768629,"sku":"9781419776830","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a03c68d7-65de-4ca3-955f-90119ac3805d.jpg?v=1753799358","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/truth-is-a-novel-in-verse-9781419776830","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}