Make Lemonade
A Novel
Square Fish · Print & ebook · May 2, 2006
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Free verse gives this story of ambition, care, and hard choices a direct, intimate rhythm.
- Themes
- Coming of age, College aspirations, Single motherhood
- Genres
- Novels in Verse for Teens, Teen Pregnancy, Homelessness & Poverty for Teens
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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.
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As she helps Jolly make lemonade out of the lemons her life has given her, LaVaughn learns some lessons outside the classroom.
Choices in Verse
Free verse gives this story of ambition, care, and hard choices a direct, intimate rhythm.
Come here for
- A determined teenager's college hopes
- The complications of helping a young mother
Expect
- A serious coming-of-age story in free verse
- Lessons learned beyond the classroom
Where it sits
| Novels in Verse for Teens | 80% |
|---|---|
| Homelessness & Poverty for Teens | 57% |
| Teen Pregnancy | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Novels in Verse for Teens
- Homelessness & Poverty for Teens
- Teen Pregnancy
- Authors
- Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- May 2, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Coming of age · College aspirations · Single motherhood
- Reading lane
- Novels in Verse for Teens