Virginia Euwer Wolff's groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of fourteen-year-old lavaughn, who is determined to go to college--she just needs the money to get there. When she answers a babysitting...Virginia Euwer Wolff's groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of fourteen-year-old lavaughn, who is determined to go to college--she just needs the money to get there. When she answers a babysitting ad, lavaughn meets jolly, a seventeen-year-old single mother with two kids by different fathers.