Make Lemonade
Virginia Euwer Wolff
Rating: 9
Pages read: 213
Make Lemonade is a wonderful heart felt book about a teen mom and her struggle in life. A young 17 year old single mom of two is doing whatever she can to take care of her son Jeremy 2 and daughter Jolly 4. She decides that trying to do this alone is too hard for her, so she puts a post up in a local high school for a babysitter. A 16 year old girl, Lavaughn sees the post and takes on the job. When she sees the apartment and lifestyle the family is living she does whatever she can for the family to help. Every bit of money that she makes from babysitting she buys things such as diapers, clothing and shoes for Jolly and Jeremy. Neither of the children were potty trained let alone knew what the toilet was, so she also potty trained them. Both the family and Lavaungh go through some very hard times as they try to make there life better.
I thought that Make Lemonade was a wonderful book and had a very strong message. I think this could impact many teens in there chose to be a teen mom. Many people are not aware about the consequences of being a teen mom and this book is very informative. I really enjoyed this book and I would highly recommend it to anybody who enjoys reading about other people’s lives and how they struggle for a healthy survival. I can really relate to this book, my parents were both teen parents. Although they made it through they tell me to this day how much they struggled for my brother and me. They educate me to the best of there knowledge about making the right chooses. Reading this book will help everyone make smart chooses, so they can be a kid for as long as possible.
This book sounds awesome, especially for kids our age. I love it when people share their stories so that others don't make the same mistakes. It is so important that teens realize how pregnancy changes your life. It is so much work. We learn about teenage pregnancy in health class and it makes me crazy to think that teens have to go through the stress, the hardships, and the responsabilities of raising a child. But I always feel better knowing that there are people out there who help other families, like Lavaungh.
ReplyDeleteStaying healthy throughout your whole life is very important. Not being healthy can effect everything, reading this blog post, it seems like this book really shows that if you fall, you have to get back up yourself, you may have people to help, but you learn from your own mistakes. Any how, this book really sends a message that other peoples lives may not be the same as ours.
ReplyDeleteHunter,i agree with what you said espically the part about learning from your own mistakes. this book sounds very insirational, and shows how one person can make a very bid diffrence in anothers life. this sounds like an intresting book, and i am excited to read it.
ReplyDeleteI would love to read this book! It seems very interesting and intriguing. I love how Lavaughn came in and helped out as much as she could for a family in need. I feel like that is something everyone should do because there are so many people in need like this teen mom and her family. You have made great connections with this book because of your parents. How does the title 'Making Lemonade' relate to the story? I think that it might mean that making lemonade can be hard and there is pulp, which represents the difficult times and obstacles you have to get through. But I would love to hear what you think about how it relates. Great job, Breanna!
ReplyDeleteBreanna, it's so interesting reading these reviews because walking about the high school halls you never realize people's own personal struggles in their lives. These books can be so theraputic if you or your family have been through a similar situation. The book sounds great but I also see you in a whole new light, thanks for sharing.
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