Make Lemonade (Make Lemonade, Book 1) - Virginia Euwer Wolff The only reason I heard of this book is due to a Twitter post that linked this article: School Approved Smut

I was going whaaaaatttt?! What book is that?!

I'm thinking hard-core fanfiction or erotic literature...or even most of the YA I read.

Nope. Not a drop of "lemony" fiction. The only thing was a brief passage DESCRIBING A YOUNG GIRL'S HARASSMENT. Yet, not in the context the article wrote about AT ALL.

The lady is crazy...if you could not already tell by her posted picture.

I'm glad I read it. It was a fast read that had a funky free verse scheme----but I've read far worse literature to be deterred.

If anything, read it so you can dispute CRAZY PEOPLE NOTION'S THAT CHILDREN ARE READING SMUT IN SCHOOL & BROKEN ENGLISH!

I could go on a whole rant on why this book was appropriate for what it dealt with----but I will let sleeping dogs lie.

If anything I read Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel that has an EPIC RAPE SCENE EPIC!!! My mom had me read that at age twelve----and I was traumatized. Anyway, yeah, I think that book this book opens up social and workplace issues that teenagers/tweens might need a discussion about. I mean how many different type of sexual predator stories have you read about ministry leader/teen relationships or teacher/student relationships?

Anyway, the book presented a perspective of the struggle of teenage pregnancy, social economic issues, and other such topics, which quite frankly is one I have seen play out in real life over the years of growing up.