Make Lemonade
Make Lemonade
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Make Lemonade

Written by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Book #1 in the Make Lemonade Series
Prebound-Sewn
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12 - 18
Reading age
200
Page count
160
Words per page
890L
Lexile measure
May 1, 2006
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An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices Viginia Euwer Wolff’s groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, who is determined to go to college–she just needs the money to get there. When she answers a babysitting ad, LaVaughn meets Jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mother with two kids by different fathers. As she helps Jolly make lemonade out of the lemons her life has given her, LaVaughn learns some lessons outside the classroom.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780756968175
    Publication Date
    May 1, 2006
    Publisher
    Perfection Learning
    Page Count
    200
    Words Per Page
    160
    Audience
    Young Adult
    Reading Age
    12 - 18 years
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    148745758
    Lexile® Level
    890L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~U
    ATOS® Book Level
    5
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    5
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    9466
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    UG

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