![]() ![]() ![]() When she’s not writing, she dabbles in baking, decorating, painting, sewing, and reading up on enneagram personality types. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska with her husband, four daughters, and room full of alien memorabiliaand books, of course. Delia tells her story through passionate poems, texts, and emails that grow increasingly distressed as her obsession with meeting her biological dad leads to her letting down friends and lying to family, making for an effective exploration of identity, secrets, and what family means. Dante Medema is an author of books for young readers. Debut author Medema brings the Alaskan milieu to life, including showing how Kodiak, who has Tlingit heritage, is seen as “trouble” after a few missteps in a way Delia, who’s white, might not be. She’s always felt different from her family, and she can’t forgive her mother’s infidelity and secrecy and reaching out to her biological father only adds complications. But when the DNA test shows that the man who raised her isn’t her father, Delia is shattered. The Truth Project by Dante Medema Hardcover Epic Reads A heart-wrenching quest for identity every YA reader will relate to, and a deep dive into the meaning of family.' Ellen Hopkins, 1 New York Times bestselling authorDebut author Dante Medema. Her project partner is Kodiak Jones, her childhood friend and crush whose slam poetry sings. Delia will differentiate her assignment by writing in verse, although she rarely shows her lines to anyone. She’s planning to mimic her older sister’s: get a DNA test and write about the results. Delia, a high school senior in Alaska, has achieved early acceptance to Columbia, so she’s not worried about the big senior project. ![]()
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