Outrageously Alice Book

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.

VOYA

Alice is back and is in as much turmoil as ever! As an eighth grader, she feels the world is spinning around her while she has concluded she has "no body, no personality, and no hobbies." She is to be a bridesmaid for her brother's ex-girlfriend Crystal and feels strange about that. When invited to Crystal's lingerie bridal shower, she is shocked by a "Test Your Sensuality" quiz and goes home to query her father and brother, who are at a loss for words. On the home front, she wishes her English teacher would marry her dad so she could have a mother, and she agonizes over her friend Pamela losing her mom to a divorce. When her boyfriend Patrick French-kisses her in a closet during a Halloween party, she is upset and perplexed. Alice is growing up and cannot understand some of the adult conversations and actions that are going on around her. She is a character we have grown to love, and we look forward with trepidation to her high school years. VOYA Codes: 5Q 4P J (Hard to imagine it being any better written, Broad general YA appeal, Junior High-defined as grades 7 to 9).