'' True Believer '' is a verse novel for young adults , written by Virginia Euwer Wolff and published by Atheneum Books in 2001 . It has been published as an audiobook read by Heather Alicia Simms , and translated into Chinese , German , Italian , and Japanese . It won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People 's Literature and was named a Michael L. Printz Honor book
Michael L. Printz Honor book
Michael L. Printz Award
True Believer (novel)