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Make Lemonade

by Virginia Euwer Wolff

Two young women facing different choices

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Two young women facing different choices

Written in free verse, *Make Lemonade* connects LaVaughn’s goal of going to college with the responsibilities she takes on as a babysitter for Jolly, a seventeen-year-old mother of two. Their lives bring together questions of money, education, parenting, and the choices available to young people. The novel’s focus on poverty and family circumstances is grounded in this relationship, while LaVaughn’s work with Jolly becomes part of her learning beyond school. The verse form and paired perspectives give the story a clear framework for exploring how one person’s plans meet another’s immediate needs.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in coming-of-age stories about education and making choices.
  • Readers interested in young motherhood, childcare, and economic hardship.
  • Readers who enjoy novels written in free verse.

Themes

Poverty and economic hardshipEducation and ambitionYoung parenthood and caregivingChoice and growing up

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Book overview

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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