Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff Overview
Make Lemonade is a free-verse novel by Virginia Euwer Wolff. Verna LaVaughn, a 14-year-old girl begins babysitting for Jolly, a teen mom with two children. The two girls begin a journey of compassion, self-esteem, and growth. They grow both together and apart, culminating in Jolly's discovery of her self-worth and value as a mother. The novel explores themes of guilt and regret, abuse and abandonment, self-love, poverty, and education.
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When fourteen-year-old LaVaughn takes an after-school babysitting job to earn money for college she doesn't really know what she is getting into. All she knows is she feels a strong connection to th...
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