The Agony of Alice
Alice McKinley is about to become a teenager, but she doesn't know how. Her mother has been dead for years, and what do her father and her nineteen-year-old brother, Lester, know about being a teenage girl? If only she had a role model, like the beautiful sixth-grade teacher Miss Cole. But...
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Alice McKinley is about to become a teenager, but she doesn't know how. Her mother has been dead for years, and what do her father and her nineteen-year-old brother, Lester, know about being a teenage girl? If only she had a role model, like the beautiful sixth-grade teacher Miss Cole. But instead Alice gets assigned to plain, pear-shaped Mrs. Plotkin's class. Is Alice doomed to a life of one embarrassment after another?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780689816727 (0689816723)
Publish date: August 1st 1997
Publisher: Aladdin
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Humor,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Banned Books,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
Series: Alice (#1)
I picked this up as a quick weekend read and at first I wondered why it was on my shelves. But it soon became clear it was an above average teen/'rites of passage' fiction.The language is clear and with a good story that doens't lag, the occasionaly skips in the time line helping to keep it on pace...
I really enjoyed this book. Alice reminded me of myself at age 11. Embarrassing things always seemed to happen to me and I was always wanted to disappear. Alice lives with her father and older brother who have no clue how to relate to a girl. Her father calls her "Al" and her brother doesn't know th...
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