Synopsis
Jolly is 17 and has two children by different absent fathers, can't really spell, and doesn't have much of a job. She employs 14-year-old Verna as a babysitter, and while Verna takes the first steps towards building her future, Jolly begins to develop her own life.
Présentation de l'éditeur
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 toward building her own future, and Jolly begins the long, slow process of turning the lemons of her life into lemonade.
“Powerfully moving.” –Kirkus Reviews, pointer
“Radiant with hope.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review
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