Candy Papers

By Helen Cavanagh

Subjects: charity, bigotry, African americans, fiction, downtown, animal adoption, people collector, young adult, Interpersonal relations, Girls, fiction, transformation, three-legged dog, small markets, snobbish mothers, African American teenage girls, Children's fiction, fading friendships, Students, fiction, immigrants, markets, High school students, Juvenile fiction, selfishness, German, Youth, fiction, Interpersonal relations, fiction, working in a store, grocery stores, African American teenagers

Description: TO MARKET! TO MARKET! That's where Candy was going. To Mr. Otto's market, that is, to start her part-time job. Her snobbish mother disapproved: "You'll meet all the wrong people there!" Her father lamented: "My little girl may be in danger!" Her best friend whined: "You'll never have time for me now!" Could Candy go against all of them? You bet! And it turned out to be the best decision of her life - especially when she met Larry Eagen, who from the start appeared to think that everything she did was A-Okay. [text from book jacket]