Lola Zola And The Lemonade Crush (a Lola Zola Book) (volume 1)

In this middle grade novel for girls, eleven year-old Lola Zola tries to support her laid-off parents and tuxedo cat Bowzer by selling "magical" lemonade rumored to zap wrinkles and promote world peace. Trouble arises when her rich class rival, Buck, aka Slime Bucket, opens a competing 'limo-nade' stand out of the back of his father's Cadillac limousine—right across the street from Lola's house. Intrigue and spy organizations run amok until closely kept secrets are revealed and Lola must decide what it means to win. "Eleven year-old Lola Zola wants to rescue her parents from the jobless blues. All she needs to do is sell her fresh-squeezed lemonade -- rumored to zap wrinkles, cure allergies, and promote world peace. Where the rumors started, we're not telling. What matters now is that Slime Bucket (aka Charles Wembly III), her rich-kid class rival, desperately wants to beat her at something. So he's opening his own limo-nade stand across the street, out of the back of his daddy's limousine. Now the battle for squirt and slurp champion is on! When closely kept secrets are revealed, however, Lola must decide what it means to "win"." -- Back cover Self-assured, goal oriented, eleven year-old Lola Zola tries to support her laid-off parents and her tuxedo cat Bowzer by going into business selling "magical" lemonade rumored to zap wrinkles and promote world peace. Trouble arises when her rich class rival, Buck, aka Slime Bucket, opens a competing "limo-nade" stand out of the back of his father's Cadillac limousine right across the street from Lola's house! Intrigue and spy organizations run amok until closely kept secrets are revealed and Lola must decide what it means to win In this middle grade novel for girls, eleven year-old Lola Zola tries to support her laid-off parents and tuxedo cat Bowzer by selling “magical” lemonade rumored to zap wrinkles and promote world peace. Trouble arises when her rich class rival, Buck, aka Slime Bucket, opens a competing ‘limo-nade'stand out of the back of his father's Cadillac limousine - right across the street from Lola's house. Intrigue and spy organizations run amok until closely kept secrets are revealed and Lola must decide what it means to win.