| Make Lemonade Contributor(s): Wolff, Virginia Euwer (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805080708 ISBN-13: 9780805080704 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty - Young Adult Fiction | Novels In Verse |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Series: Make Lemonade Trilogy (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.16" W x 7.8" (0.40 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 9466 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices |
Contributor Bio(s): Wolff, Virginia Euwer: - Virginia Euwer Wolff is an accomplished violinist and former elementary school and high school English teacher. Her first book for young readers, Probably Still Nick Swansen, was published in 1988 and won both the International Reading Association Award and the PEN-West Book Award. Since then she has written several more critically acclaimed young adult novels, earning more honors, including the National Book Award for True Believer, as well as the Golden Kite Award for Fiction and the Jane Addams Book Award for Children's Books that Build Peace. Her books include Make Lemonade, The Mozart Season, This Full House and Bat 6. She lives in Oregon. |