Title:The Lemonade War
Author: Davies, Jacqueline
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2007
ISBN-10: 0618750436
Genre: Adventure, Realistic Fiction
Reading Level: 630 Lexile
Interest Level: 8+
Readers Annotation:
Lemonade. Can one make good money doing it one weekend before school starts? One brother and sister fight to see who wins.
Plot:
Jessie and Evan are very different. Jessie is book smart. She is great at math and is even skipping the third grade. Evan is older and people smart. He is a smooth talker and makes friends very easily. The two decide they are going to see who can make the most money selling lemonade one weekend before school starts. They both will have separate stands and count at the end of the weekend. While both play on their strengths, both need to learn about the subject they do not know well in order to win. Sometimes there are not so nice ways of getting ahead. Who will win?
Review:
This was an interesting and fast paced book about sibling rivalry. Evan is upset his little sister is going to be in the same grade as him and Jessie just wants people to like her. There are layers to this story that are not explicitly focused on which makes it layered without being too stressful to read. I liked the antics in trying to win and the math was explained so children could be learning while reading.
Similar Materials:
The other Lemonade books by Jacqueline Davies
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