Make Lemonade

Make Lemonade

By:
Virginia Euwer Woolf
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Studious LaVaughn, 14, decides to earn extra money by babysitting for a child whose mother, Jolly, is only a bit older than LaVaughn herself. LaVaughn gradually comes to respect Jolly and eventually the two become friends.

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