Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Deciding that she needs a gorgeous role model who does everything right, motherless Alice is disappointed when placed in homely Mrs. Plotkin's class, until she discovers that it is what people are like inside that counts. Reprint.

The Agony of Alice

Find a Penny pick it up and all day long you’ll have good luck…except, of course, if that Penny is charming and pretty and funny, and the person picking her up just happens to be your boyfriend. Alice McKinley’s freshman year is not as “lucky” as she was hoping it would be. But she’s is trying to look on the bright side. There are worse things than being single for a semester… for a school year…for the whole summer…. At least Alice can count on her best friends for support—in theory, anyway. Lately they haven’t been all that there-for-her. In fact, it seems like Pam and Liz are suddenly involved in intense, secret conversations whenever Alice is around. Single is starting to feel a whole lot like solo.

Alice Alone; Simply Alice; Patiently Alice

I Like Him, He Likes Her

Secrets Orphaned fifteen-year-old Judith Sparrow brings two secrets to her uncle's house in South Carolina: one, that her grief-stricken mother died in a madhouse, the other that she has disobeyed the only condition to living in her uncle's home -- nothing green is allowed in the house. Judith can't bear to part with the photograph of her mother in its lovely green silk frame. Surely this one small defiance will not jeopardize the happiness she finds in South Carolina -- with a family at last, and new friends, especially Zeke Carey, the miller's son. But Uncle Geoffrey's house holds a secret of its own. And Judith's small picture frame, hidden away at the bottom of her trunk, unleashes a powerful force that seems determined to bring that secret into the open. Or is Judith simply following her mother down the path toward madness?

A Ghost Story

Jade Green

Having won Shiloh for himself, Marty realizes that he still cannot trust the dog's reckless and alcoholic former owner, and the boy fears that Judd will open fire on Shiloh come hunting season.

Shiloh Season

Alice's second year of high school is full of change, her dad is marrying her seventh grade English teacher, her brother moved out, and she finally gets her drivers license.

Including Alice; Alice on Her Way; Alice in the Know

It's Not Like I Planned It This Way

During a student exchange program, seventh-graders Ivy June Mosely and Catherine Combs share their lives, Kentucky homes, and communities, and find that although their lifestyles are total opposites, they have a lot in common.

Faith, Hope, and Ivy June

While trying to survive seventh grade, Alice discovers that turning thirteen will make her the Woman of the House at home, so she starts a campaign to get more appreciated for taking care of her father and older brother. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.

Alice in April

When motherless Alice turns thirteen she feels in-between, no longer a child but not yet a woman, and discovers that growing up can be both frustrating and wonderful.

Alice In-between

The summer before eighth grade, Alice tries to confront her fears, not the least of which is a fear of deep water.

Alice the Brave

An eighth-grade health class assignment turns out to be an eye-opening experience for Alice McKinley.

Alice in Lace

Now that she is setting into eighth grade, the class she used to envy, Alice discovers it isn't as exciting as she thought. She's tired of being the same old Alice, and longs to be a bit outrageous. Instead, she finds herself in situations that are more embarrassing then they are thrilling. She likes dressing up as a showgirl for Halloween, but hasn't counted on what happens in the broom closet at school. And she's delighted to be a bridesmaid, but feels awkward at the bridal shower. Even Patrick begins to seem childish to her. Elizabeth and Pamela, however, her two best friends, feel that life is changing too much for them. Elizabeth finds that a new a boy at school is attracted to her, while Pamela faces a serious problem at home. Lester, too, Alice's brother, can't quite believe he's losing his old girlfriend, Crystal. When Alice dials Miss Summers, however, the woman her father loves, there is always the hope that this time she will get the mother she has always wanted.

Outrageously Alice

Thirteen-year-old Alice sets long- and short-term priorities for her life as she experiences the complexities of young love.

Achingly Alice

Eighth-grader Alice has lots of questions about sex, relationships, prejudice, and change.

Alice on the Outside

Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.

Reluctantly Alice

It's the summer holidays and Alice and friends, Elizabeth and Pamela, are learning the secrets of junior high success - including the absolute must of having a boyfriend. Fortunately Alice has Patrick. But Patrick the boyfriend is alot more complicated than Patrick the friend. Somehow life was simpler when they were just friends and Alice didn't have to worry about the etiquette of kissing or what to buy him for his birthday. A funny, authentic book that deals with the transition from best friend to first boyfriend.

Alice in Rapture, Sort of

Alice's first year in high school gets off to a difficult start when she and her boyfriend Patrick break up, but with the help of her father, older brother, and best friends, she gains a better sense of her own self-worth.

Alice Alone

As Alice McKinley begins a new phase as a student at the University of Maryland, College Park, she experiences many changes, both expected and surprising, that lead her into a future her seventh-grade self could only have imagined.

Now I'll Tell You Everything

Everything can change in an instant. Everything. And then there is only before and after. Alice had a plan for her junior year. She’d laugh a lot, reinvent herself a little, and always have her friends right there with her. But, lately hanging out hasn’t be as easy as it used to be. Maybe it’s because everyone is a little over their heads with relationships and school and too much to do…or maybe something has changed between Alice and Liz and Pam and Gwen. Before Alice can even get her head around what that might mean, something does change. Something big. And, now nothing can ever be the same again.

Dangerously Alice; Almost Alice; Intensely Alice

Please Don't Be True

Seventh-grader Alice finds herself part of the popular crowd and required to spend her time buying, trading, and hanging out with the "right" people, a group to which her old friend Elizabeth does not belong.

All But Alice

Maryland teenager Alice McKinley spends her last semester of high school performing in the school play, working on the student paper, worrying about being away from her boyfriend, who will be studying in Spain, and anticipating her future in college.

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