What Will La Vaughn Decide To Do?


Make Lemonade
by Virginia Wolff
Reviewed by
Lauren T.
Published in:1993
Length:200 pages
Ranking (1-10):
10
Genre:Fiction
Age:Young Adult



14-year-old LaVaughn is in serious need of a job. She is in luck when her school bulletin has an announcement that a woman named Jolly needs a baby-sitter for her 2-year-old son named Jeremy and her newborn baby Jilly. Jolly, who is only seventeen, is struggling to raise two children and stay in school.

LaVaughn takes the job. But she is becoming more and more attached to the children. Jolly refuses to even potty-train her kids and lives in a disgusting, run down apartment building. When Jolly announces that she would really love for LaVaughn to work full time instead of only the night shifts, LaVaughn fights a losing battle with her mother. Her mother wants her to go to college but LaVaughn would never think of letting Jolly run the household. LaVaughn needs to think of a plan to persuade her mother into letting her keep the baby-sitting job. Quickly.

One night, Jilly chokes on a toy. The baby starts turning blue because of the lack of oxygen going to her brain. LaVaughn watches the poor mother try to save her dying baby. Will Jilly be saved? Will LaVaughn go to college. To find out, read the most thrilling book on the planet, Make Lemonade.

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