Alice Alone

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Book Overview

There's a new girl in town, and she's making Alice very nervous.The start of ninth grade -- high school! -- is every bit as exciting, and challenging, as Alice had hoped, and feared, it would be. She finds her self-confidence rising, and plummeting, depending on each new situation. Classes are definitely more interesting, but algebra is proving to be nearly impossible. Patrick is in the accelerated program so they aren't in the same classes anymore...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689826346
• ISBN13: 9780689826344
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.8" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10

Customer Reviews

A sad funny and heartfilling adventure of love

I have read the whole Alice series and I must say that SO FAR, this is my favorite Alice book ever. Ms.Naylor gives us another look on love, and it's realisitic how Alice's jealousy of Patrick's new love, Penny gives the reader more interesting thoughts to turn the page quickly. Chapter one ends with a beautiful hug from Patrick to Alice and a special gift he promised her in The Grooming Of Alice. I'll never forget how much I cried when I read the chapter called "Heart-to-heart" where Patrick expresses his undying interest in Penny and his control over his 'space' and 'his own life'.This book takes a dramatic turn when Pamela and Alice find out a tragic secret from their best friend's past that causes her to be 'saint liz' The best friend's secret will explain partly the whole Alice series, and is the most shocking eventful book ever. Read this! Thats all I am going to tell you...READ IT NOW..ITS REALLY REALISITIC..oh and please vote me for "One of the helpful votes ever" :) Thank you!

Phyllis does it again!!

This HAS to be my favourite Alice book yet; out of all thirteen! Alice has to endure the change of going into High School, but with with her two best friends, manages pretty well. Alice's boyfriend, Patrick broke up with her to go out with this other girl, Penny. Oh, how I despise her. Alice is really bummed. This book is funny, touching, and is laughable as well. The suicide watch thing was hilarious!!!! Once again, Phyllis nails this book. Just think, we have to wait till May 2002 to read her next one!

Alice Alone

Alice is finally starting highschool. She has everything a lot of girls wish for. A great boyfriend, two awesome best friends, and a cool dad. But one girl,Penny wants what Alice has. She wants Patrick to be her man. Penny's flirtatious ways eventually make someone fall for her. Alice is left devastated. And even though you know she won't be alone for eternity, you feel the anguish she does and that every girl(or guy) does when someone breaks their heart. Alice learns that even when your life seems like there is no tomorrow, there is and if you just live day by day, you will put your life back together. A funny touching story, Mrs. Naylor never lets her readers down.

Alice Alone

This book was great! I finished the book the same night I got it! I wanted to finish it, so I wouldn't let myself fall asleep until I did. I was tired the next morning, but I didn't care...I finished the book, and that was all I cared about. You might want to have some tissues ready if you're the sentimental type. Some major stuff happens with Patrick and Alice - stuff everyone has been through, or will go through at some time in their life. Elizabeth's secret is bad, too, but I can't say more than that, cause that will ruin the suspense! Alice manages to come through with a clear voice. The emotions she has to go through speak so clear to everyone, that you will feel like you're Alice. Your not reading about her...you'll feel that you are her. Once again, Alice comes through clearly with feelings we all understand and have, but still manages to get through a message to us.

Alice is always satisfying

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has done it again, writing an exceptionally poignant story on Alice, her friends, and her relationships with others and herself. As Alice enters high school, she begins to realize that not everything will stay the same as it had in middle school. A new girl at school, Penny, becomes interested in Patrick, and her self-esteem about everything begins to diminish. Over the course of this book, Alice learns to trust her friends and herself. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has managed to write yet another Alice book (thirteenth in the series) without making Alice shallow or self-absorbed, like most teens are portrayed in the media today. The consistency is what makes these books so attractive to young readers.