Growing Up True

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Patty True doesn't want to leave. Tonight is her family's last dinner at the True farm before they move to a new town. When Grandma sends her to gather blackberries for a special cobbler Patty discovers a world of adventure waiting for her on Sourland Mountain. Inspired by the real lives of Black farming families in Central New Jersey </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Growing Up True</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a story of home resilience and the love we carry with us wherever we go.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Commissioned by the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Growing Up True</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is the lushly illustrated story of childhood wonder brought to life by the team of Ryan Jillian Kilpatrick and Sudesna Samanta.</span></p><p></p>