Albert Scully is the quintessential miserable teenager. He considers himself the "All American" failure until he meets Mrs. Orphan Woodfin, an eighty-year-old neighbourhood eccentric who helps him see the value of being an individual. Originally published in 1968, the book has been declared a Booklist Junior Contemporary Class and is a Library of Congress Children's Book Award Winner.

 

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Front Street Inc .

Barbara Wersba is the author of thirty books for young people, including Tunes for a Small Harmonica: A Novel , a National Book Award nominee. A reviewer for the New York Times Book Review for many years, Wersba has also written for the stage and television. She lives in Sag Harbor, New York, where she runs a small publishing company called The Bookman Press.