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Jolly is seventeen. She can't really spell. She doesn't have much of a job. And she has two little kids from two different, absent fathers.

Jolly knows she can't cope with Jilly and Jeremy all by herself. So she posts a notice on the school bulletin board: BABYSITTER NEEDED BAD. No one replies but Verna LaVaughn, who's only fourteen. How much help can she be?

For a while, Jolly, Jilly, Jeremy, and LaVaughn are an extraordinary family. Then LaVaughn takes the first steps toward building her own future, and Jolly begins the longs low process of turning the lemons of her life into lemonade.

Written in sixty-six chapters with text lines that break at natural speaking phrases, this is a startling novel by an extraordinary writer.

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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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Virginia Euwer Wolff writes about tenacious people. In Make Lemonade she tells the story of Jolly--17-years-old, barely literate, with two kids from two different, absent fathers--and how she begins the slow process of building a future for herself. This is another startling novel by an extraordinary writer.
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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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ISBN:
9780805022285
Author:
Wolff, Virginia Euwer
Publisher:
Henry Holt & Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Family - General
Subject:
Adolescence
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Social Situations - General
Subject:
Conduct of life
Subject:
Babysitters
Subject:
Poor
Subject:
Single-parent families
Subject:
Social Situations - Pregnancy
Subject:
Family - Single Parent & Non-traditional
Subject:
Teenage mothers
Subject:
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:
Social Issues - Pregnancy
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
Situations / Adolescence
Subject:
Social Issues - Friendship
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-Pregnancy
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Subject:
Stories in Verse
Subject:
Family/General (see also headings under Social Issues)
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Young Adult Fiction
Series Volume:
no. 93-4
Publication Date:
19930531
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.55 x 6.21 x 0.9 in
Age Level:
11-14
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Product details 208 pages Henry Holt & Company - English 9780805022285 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by ,
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.
"Synopsis" by , Virginia Euwer Wolff writes about tenacious people. In Make Lemonade she tells the story of Jolly--17-years-old, barely literate, with two kids from two different, absent fathers--and how she begins the slow process of building a future for herself. This is another startling novel by an extraordinary writer.
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