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Including Alice

#16 in series

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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After four years of hoping, wishing, scheming, and waiting, the moment Alice has been yearning for has at long last arrived....Alice's dad is finally marrying Sylvia Summers! Alice always knew they were perfect for each other when she set them up back in seventh grade, but she's relieved that The Big Day is here. She's never felt so excited, so vindicated, so grown-up, and so...well, so left out. Now that the wedding is really happening, no one has time for Alice anymore, and the situation just gets worse when Sylvia moves into their house. Nothing is the way Alice thought it would be. Her dad and Sylvia have their new life together; Lester has his new apartment; and Alice feels like she's on her own for the first time in her life.

She's also starting to notice that even though Dad and Sylvia are perfectly happy together, not everyone gets along so well. Elizabeth and Ross never see each other; Leslie and Lori are breaking up; Pamela and her mother can't seem to find a way to even talk to each other; and Alice herself has started to hear some surprising rumors about Patrick....

As Alice watches her friends sort out their problems and sees her dad and Sylvia navigate their new marriage, she starts to understand all the hard work that goes into relationships, and how even when people seem to be meant for each other, it's not always easy to be together.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Alice McKinley

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 19, 2012

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781439132289

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781439132289
      • File size: 2707 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5
    • Lexile® Measure: 760
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      May 1, 2004
      Gr 6-9-Alice is now a sophomore, and finally, after four long years, her dad is marrying Sylvia Summers. When the wedding day arrives, Alice is excited but quickly begins to feel left out. Changes come to the household; first her older brother, Lester, moves out and then her father and Sylvia begin making plans to remodel without talking to Alice. She is further exasperated when the embroidered sheets she toiled over for a wedding gift do not fit the new bed Sylvia and her dad have purchased. Over time, with patience from both sides, Alice realizes that though her dad has a new life, she is very much a welcomed part of it. She realistically deals with the challenges and angst that teenagers face in their daily lives including fitting in, peer relationships, getting braces, and blended families. As in the previous books, Alice is curious about sex and relationships. While perhaps not as fresh or funny as the earlier titles, this book can stand alone, and fans of the series will appreciate the ongoing saga of these engaging characters.-Angela M. Boccuzzi, Merton Williams' Middle School, Hilton, NY

      Copyright 2004 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2004
      Alice has been anticipating her dad's marriage to Sylvia Summers for three years--ever since she introduced her widowed father to her seventh-grade teacher. Now that the wedding is "finally" happening, life isn't as perfect as she had expected. The focus in this satisfying installment in the series is on the changes Alice faces as she welcomes her new stepmother into her home and her life.

      (Copyright 2004 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2004
      "For about as long as I could remember, our family had consisted of Dad and Lester and me. And now it was Dad and Sylvia and me. It wasn't the same at all." Alice has been eagerly anticipating her dad's marriage to Sylvia Summers forever (well, for three years--ever since she introduced her widowed father to her seventh-grade teacher). But now that the wedding is finally happening, life isn't as perfect as she had expected. With older brother Lester living in his own apartment and the newlyweds absorbed in each other, Alice feels alone and left out. And when will she stop feeling like Sylvia is a guest in their house? This satisfying installment is less issue-driven than some of the previous books in the long-running series. In addition to the wedding (beautiful, by the way, with a moment or two of soap-opera tension when Sylvia's uninvited ex-boyfriend makes an appearance at the church), the focus here is on the changes Alice faces as she welcomes her new stepmother into her home and her life.

      (Copyright 2004 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5
  • Lexile® Measure:760
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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