The Agony of Alice |
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| Author:
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
| Series title: | Alice Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4169-5533-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2007 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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| Imprint: | Aladdin |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $5.99 |
Book Description:
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There's a lot about growing up that's confusing to Alice McKinley. Her mother died when she was four - how can her father and her nineteen-year-old brother, Lester, teach her what she needs to know? Even buying a pair of jeans can turn into a major embarrassment with Lester in charge. 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...
More DescriptionThere's a lot about growing up that's confusing to Alice McKinley. Her mother died when she was four - how can her father and her nineteen-year-old brother, Lester, teach her what she needs to know? Even buying a pair of jeans can turn into a major embarrassment with Lester in charge.
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?