The Catcher in the Rye meets Harold and Maude in this timeless tale of teenage angst. Albert Scully is the quintessential miserable teenager. He sees himself as the "all-American" failure-until he meets Mrs. Orpha Woodfin, an 80-year-old eccentric who helps him understand the value of being an individual.The Dream Watcher won a Library of Congress Children's Book Award in 1968 and was named a Booklist Junior Contemporary Classic in 1984.