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My Friend's Got This Problem, Mr. Candler
Parents who don’t care, teachers who don’t understand, a little brother who’s a pest, a guy or girl who doesn’t know if you’re alive- if you’re a high school student, or know someone who is, then you know about problems like these. Perhaps – like Arthur Gabriel and Roxanne DeVerona - you’ve asked, “Does she like me?” or “Is he the one?” Or you may have wondered, as Terrance Kane does, when the pain of a breakup would go away. Through the door of the guidance counselor’s office come Arthur, Roxanne, Terrance, and many others. Five days a week, eight periods a day, students- and some parents as well- bring Mr. Candler their questions, problems, sorrows, and dreams. Pull up a chair and listen, along with Mr. Candler. You may recognize some of these people as friends, as classmates… or as yourself. Reviews: "Continuing the series of poems he began in Class Dismissed! (Clarion), Glenn provides further slice-of-life vignettes about high school, this time as seen through the eyes of a guidance counselor. The accounts of the pressures on students brought on by exams, parents, sex, and drugs are painfully honest and direct." – Horn Book Awards: Best Books for Young Adults, 1992 – American Library Association |
