Candy Stripers Author:Lee Wyndham Summer for fifteen year old Bonnie Schuyler looked bleak-the family's vacation cottage was rented, Rock, her friend, was going to be a camp counselor and she was too young to get a job. Most of the girls she knew were candy stripers-junior voluntary aids in the Hamilton Medical Center. Bonnie was reluctantly persuaded by her friends to join th... more »em at the hospital. She found herself under strict discipline, in the pink striped uniform, saving trained nurses countless steps and hours. She wondered why she was involved, until she met a laboratory technician, David, who made her feel special and grown-up. She felt a keen sense of loss when she was dismissed because of an accident that wasn't her fault, and she wondered what David would think of her. When she was reinstated, she found her attitude changed. A badly burnt baby, plus a chemical explosion, made her think only of the injured and not herself. She knew that she wanted to be among the dedicated, and had something real and meaningful to strive for.« less