SUMMARY :
Jolly is seventeen. She can't really spell. She doesn't have much of a job. And she has two little kids from two different, absent fathers.
Jolly knows she can't cope with Jilly and Jeremy all by herself. So she posts a notice on the school bulletin board : BABYSITTER NEEDED BAD. No one replies but Verna LaVaughn, who's only fourteen. How much help can she be?
For a while, Jolly, Jilly, Jeremy and LaVaughn are an extraordinary family. Then LaVaughn takes the first steps towards building her own future and Jolly begins the long, slow process of turning the lemons of her life into lemonade.
REVIEW :
This is very interesting book. The writing style is very simple and basic. Nothing too complicated.I like how this book is so real. Well, of course, it's in the slice of life genre. The story and writing style is so sincere. It's just telling the story of their lives.
The book is written in a diary style in LaVaughn's point of view. For a fourteen year old, she is quite a mature girl with a kind heart. I like her character.
Jolly is too stubborn sometimes.
There is nothing much to say about this book except that this is a good read.
You will not enjoy this book unless you're like the slice of life genre.
For a slice of life genre, this is a very good book.
Virginia Euwer Wolff certainly writes very well and this book has made me into her fan.
It's a simple and yet complex book about people lives.
I rate it 7 out of 10 stars!
