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Everyone loves Miss Wichelman’s fifth-grade class—especially best friends Traci and Marilyn. That’s where they learn that when life hands you lemons, make lemonade! They are having a great year until Traci begins to notice some changes in Marilyn. She’s losing weight, and seems tired all... read more

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Marilyn: Traci's friend who over comes leukemia.
  • Traci: A young student who is Marilyn's best friend.
  • Miss. Wichelman: The girls teacher who becomes their best friend.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “"If you dream it...then you can BE it!"”
  • “"And if life hands you a lemon or two today-and you all know how sour lemons are-Just add water and sugar and what do you have?" "Lemonade!"”
  • “"You are always teaching us to keep our dreams, no matter what!"”
    Traci

First Sentence edit see section history

Traci and Marilyn were best friends.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Cancer: This contains the affects of cancer in young children. It is a touchy subject but in this story, they over come it and win in the end.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Patricia Polacco (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Philomel Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 48

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Add the suggested reading level for this book.

This book contains a heavy topic of cancer. Parents should be alarmed about this before reading this to their children.


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