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Updated November 21, 2003
Make Lemonade, by Virginia Euwer Wolff (Young Adult)
LaVaughn’s life is centered on one word, COLLEGE. It is everywhere in her house almost like another person. Her mother has made it perfectly clear that all of her effort should be directed toward this goal and anything that distracts from the goal is to be eliminated. To this end, LaVaughn looks for a part time job so that she can contribute to the fund her mother has started for her education.
The first job she tries for is babysitting for a girl only three years older than herself who has two children. This family is the complete opposite of hers. There is little to eat in the apartment. The children and the apartment are filthy, and Jolly, the mother, has no skills to get a good job. What starts as a typical teenage job becomes a mission to help Jolly and her family. The only problem is that this takes time from her own goal.
This book is written in blank verse like “Out of the Dust” by Hesse.