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Make Lemonade

by Virginia Euwe Wolff

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An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices

Viginia Euwer Wolff’s groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, who is determined to go to college—she just needs the money to get there. When she answers a babysitting ad, LaVaughn meets Jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mother with two kids by different fathers. As she helps Jolly make lemonade out of the lemons her life has given her, LaVaughn learns some lessons outside the classroom.

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A Newbery Medal Winner

"Radiant with hope, this keenly observed and poignant novel is a stellar addition to Young Adult literature, said "Publishers Weekly" in a starred review, praising Wolff's use of "meltingly lyric blank verse to tell of two inner-city teenage girls struggling toward better lives.

Interest Level: Middle/High School

Reading Grade Level: 4th-6th

Lexile Level: Not Available

Theme: Family & Relationships/Growing Up

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When she answers a babysitting ad, 14-year-old LaVaughn meets Jolly, a 17-year-old single mother with two kids by different fathers. As she helps Jolly make lemonade out of the lemons her life has given her, LaVaughn learns some lessons about making choices in this multiple award-winning and groundbreaking novel.

About the Author

Virginia Euwer Wolff lives in Oregon. She has taught both elementary and high school and is an accomplished violinist. Ms. Wolff is also the author of Probably Still Nick Swansen, The Mozart Season, and True Believer.

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strawberi, March 2, 2008 (view all comments by strawberi)
It was pretty good. Good plot and good characters.
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The prose of Make Lemonade swirls around and back-eddies on itself, creating a rich and powerful novel full of hope and friendship, with undercurrent questions of what it is that makes our lives worthwhile. Highly recommended.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780805080704
Author:
Wolff, Virginia Euwe
Publisher:
Henry Holt & Company
Author:
Wolff, Virginia Euwer
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Social Situations - Friendship
Subject:
Social Situations - Adolescence
Subject:
Conduct of life
Subject:
Poor
Subject:
Situations / Friendship
Subject:
Social Issues - Adolescence
Subject:
Social Issues - Friendship
Subject:
Teenage mothers
Subject:
Babysitters
Publication Date:
May 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
200
Dimensions:
780x516x56 40
Age Level:
13-17

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