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Lola Zola Comes to the Ocean Park Library

Young teens, tweens, families and book lovers are invited to hear authors Marcy Winograd and Jackie Hirtz read passages from their new tween novel  Lola Zola and the Lemonade Crush. Marcy is a resident of Ocean Park and the Secretary of the Ocean Park Association.


Marcy and Jackie will also encourage young teens to read passages of Lola Zola in a Readers Theater presentation. Budding actors can practice their drama skills.


Lola Zola is an indomitable sixth-grader who tries to support her laid-off parents selling lemonade rumored to be a fountain-of-youth elixir.

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What happens when Lola's class rival opens a competing "limo-stand"? Trouble!  The battle for squirt and slurp champion is on - but just when Lola is about to declare victory, she must decide what it means to "win."


Wrote one reviewer, "Lola's tongue is as sweet and tart as the lemonade she peddles."

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You can read more about Lola Zola at her blog: www.lolazola.com. The book is available both in paperback and Kindle on Amazon.

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