This book gives a counselor's insight into some of the difficulties that young people have in reaching adulthood. The author was a player in high school integration issues in the South from the beginning until the present. Her first experience was in a school where Whites were in the minority, while Blacks and American Indians formed an approximately equal majority. In her subsequent experience, the students consisted of a similar mix of Whites, Blacks and Latinos, all of whom were struggling to survive. The issues for both of these student bodies were so similar that it implies they may be universal. The issues included poverty, pregnancy,