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An alcoholic mother, a distracted father, a best friend who spends all his time with his new “girlfriend,†and three relentless schoolyard bullies: Prinny Murphy's past, present, and future certainly are “tense.†Adding to her misery, she still can't read well enough to escape from remedial lessons with the dour Mrs. Dooks. But when a kindly substitute teacher introduces her to LaVaughn's inner-city world in the free verse novel, Make Lemonade, Prinny discovers that life can be full of possibilities – and poetry.Â