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Published
1993
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.
Subgenre
Contemporary
Section
Young Adult

Make Lemonade

Virginia Euwer Wolff

Fourteen-year-old LaVaughn takes a babysitting job for Jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mother of two, to save for college.

  • Golden Kite Award 1994
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Themes

Poverty & classFriendshipCommunity & school

Mood

Feels hopeful, reflective.

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