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Alice Alone.

Publisher Horn Book, Inc.
Publication The Horn Book Magazine
Subject Literature/writing
Format Magazine/Journal
ISSN 0018-5078
Issues per Year 6
Volume 77
Issue 4
Published 2001-07-01

Role Type Name
Author n/a K.F.
Reviewee n/a Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Alice Alone 229 pp. Atheneum 5/01 ISBN 0-689-82634-6 16.00 (Middle School, High School)

The thirteenth installment of this laudable series tackles a universally painful rite of passage: the romantic breakup. Yes, it's true--Alice and Patrick end their two-year relationship (Patrick falls for the flirtatious plays of perky new girl Penny), and Alice doesn't know how she's going to face high school on her own. Naylor portrays Alice's feelings of betrayal, worthlessness, and loneliness with compassion and integrity; Alice's bumpy journey to acceptance...

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