It's the summer before junior high, and Alice and her best friends Elizabeth and Pamela are convinced that they need boyfriends to be successful in school. Luckily, Alice has Patrick, who has always been a good friend. But how will he rate as a boyfriend? Alice needs advice about the rules of dating and kissing. Who should she turn to?
Between bike rides, a beach date, and loads of surprises and disasters, Alice makes a very important discovery about growing up.
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR, who lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband, Rex, says that she has been through many of the agonies and raptures that Alice McKinley experiences in this book and is glad that she doesn't have to go through them again. She is the mother of two grown sons, Jeff and Michael, the caretaker of two cats, Ulysses and Marco, and when she is not writing, which is most of the time-enjoys hiking, swimming, and the theater. She is the author of over sixty books, including The Agony of Alice, Night Cry, The Bodies in the Bessledorf Hotel, Beetles, Lightly Toasted, Maudie in the Middle, and One of the Third Grade Thonkers.
Grade 5-8-- Alice, from The Agony of Alice (Atheneum, 1985), gives a repeat performance that is every bit an equal to her first. Alice is in love, and her romance with Peter provides some awkward yet funny moments as she tries to sort out the ins and outs of dating and first boyfriends. For Alice, the course of true love does not run smoothly, for she is experiencing all of the anxieties of pre-adolescence. All the while, she longs for a mother to answer her questions about kissing and the unwritten rules about dating because her understanding, loving father simply can't help with some of the things that a girl needs to know. In the satisfying conclusion, Alice realizes that she had enjoyed Peter more when there was less pressure on the relationship, and the two become once again "just friends." Naylor's dialogue crackles with reality and humor, and the situations in which Alice finds herself are appropriate to the age, yet truly original. A book that is wise, perceptive, and hilarious.
- Trev Jones, "School Library Journal"
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