Jolly is 17 years old and has two children from two absent fathers. She can't cope and so advertises for a babysitter. Verna LaVaughn replies to the advertisement and takes the first steps towards building her own future. Jolly, slowl...

Viginia Euwer Wolffs groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, who is determined to go to collegeshe just needs the money to get there. When she answers a babysitting ad, LaVaughn meet...

Nick Swansen pretty much knows what it means to be Special Ed.: You can't drive, even if you're sixteen and your parents have two cars; the regular kids in school don't talk to you much; and even if you can memorize every fact about a...

Each discovery disturbs the arrangements of the known world, and it is our job to stay alert to all possibilities. LaVaughn believes she is keeping alert to all possibilities. She has made it through the projects, she's gotten over ...