{"product_id":"truth-is-a-novel-in-verse-hardcover","title":"Truth Is: A Novel in Verse - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah V. Sawyerr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHannah V. Sawyerr\u003c\/b\u003e was recognized as the Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore in 2016. Her debut novel in verse \u003ci\u003eAll the Fighting Parts \u003c\/i\u003ewas recognized as a William C. Morris Debut Award finalist, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, a Rise Feminist Book Project Top Ten Title, and a \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year. Her spoken word has been featured on the BBC's \u003ci\u003eWorld Have Your Say\u003c\/i\u003e program as well as the National Education Association's \"Do You Hear Us?\" campaign. Her written word has been included in \u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003exoNecole, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e gal-dem\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds a BA in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Sawyerr lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.57 x 8.43 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964284567853,"sku":"9781419776830","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/truth-is-a-novel-in-verse-hardcover-1951977.webp?v=1775478426","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/truth-is-a-novel-in-verse-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}