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T itle: Tell Us Something True Author: Dana Reinhardt Publisher: Rock the Boat Publishing Date: July 20th 2016 Length: 208 pages Keywords: YA, romance, friendship, heartbreak, LA, support group Source: Publisher Seventeen-year-old River doesn’t know what to do with himself when Penny, the girl he adores, breaks up with him. He lives in LA, where nobody walks anywhere, and Penny was his ride; he never bothered getting a license. He’s stuck. He’s desperate. Okay . . . he’s got to learn to drive. But first, he does the unthinkable—he starts walking. He stumbles upon a support group for teens with various addictions. He fakes his way into the meetings, and begins to connect with the other kids, especially an amazing girl. River wants to tell the truth, but he can’t stop lying, and his tangle of deception may unravel before he learns how to handle the most potent drug of all: true love. Summary by Goodreads  This is the story of a boy named River. Yes, his real name. And he`...