The Problem with Sidney

Hotline #2

by Carolyn Meyer

Hotline volunteer Kurt Lundquist's telephone relationship with a caller, Sidney, leads to personal involvement and heartbreak when he feels compelled to save her from making a drastic mistake and discovers the limitations of the hotline

Genres: Young Adult

176 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

Carolyn Meyer is as versatile a writer as you will find. Along with historical fiction and realistic novels for young adults she has written nonfiction for young adults and books for younger readers on topics as diverse as the Amish, the Irish, Japanese, Yup'ik Eskimos, a rock band, rock tumbling, bread baking, and coconuts. And ten of her books have been chosen as Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. In her most recent historical novels she has dealt with the young lives of Mary Tudor, Princess Elizabeth, Anastasia, and Isabel of Castilla, Spain.