Book Detail
Make Lemonade |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer | Illustrator: |
| Title: Make Lemonade | Date: 1993 |
| Publisher: Scholastic Inc. | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: | ISBN, hardback: 0-590-48141-X |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: Yes | Young Adult: Yes |
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| Book Type(s): fiction | |
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| When fourteen-year-old LaVaughn takes a job baby-sitting for seventeen-year-old Jolly's two children, neither girl realizes how much she'll learn from the other. Despite no job, a lousy apartment, and a bleak future, Jolly, with the help of LaVaughn and her mother, learns to hold on to her children and find a new life. This 200-page book may seem daunting at first, particularly because the first-person narrative is arranged in lines that look like blank verse. But the story is so compelling that many reluctant readers will be drawn in. | |
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| Teachers may need to read several pages aloud first, to help students get used to the style. Since the characters are very real and compelling, students may want to keep a journal to record their reactions or to write their own stories. It could be read with other urban stories or books on community (like Rylant's An Angel for Solomon Singer or Bunting's Fly Away Home or Levine's Pearl Moscowitz). It may inspire research into community problems or action on the part of the students. The book may make compelling reading for a wide audience. For additional teaching ideas, see http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/ Pubs/0300.htm | |
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