Is it possible to be too good a friend -- too understanding, too always there, too much like a doormat? Alice has always been a good friend to Pamela and Liz, a best friend to Pamela and Liz. But she's starting to wonder where that leaves her: What am I? An ear for listening? An arm around the shoulder? And then there's Patrick -- after ending their relationship two years ago, he's suddenly calling again, and wants to take her to his senior prom...
Phyllis Reynold Naylor's ALMOST ALICE provides another Alice story, this one revolving around her long-standing friendships with Pamela and Liz. Alice's concern about her role as a friend to them is also complicated by Patrick's return and the senior prom in this fine tale of evolving relationships.
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Alice is finishing up her junior year and things couldn't be brighter for her: Patrick asked her to his prom, she is now features editor of the school newspaper, and she's getting along better with her stepmother. Life is good! Scott, her secret crush, agrees to go to the Sadie Hawkins dance with her. Patrick remains close to her heart, though she isn't quite sure what their relationship truly is. Her friends are busy,...
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I love the Alice series because it is so true to how adolescents think and react to things. There are a few times in this book that did not seem to fit an adolescent mind, but over all I liked it. I agree with other reviewers that one part of the plot was resolved too easily (and I would have like more about prom). Alice continues the second semester of her junior year. She looks forward to going to senior prom with her old...
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I have been reading the "Alice" series for as long as I can remember. I first began in seventh grade when I picked up one copy by accident and I have been hooked ever since. Each year, I look forward to a new addition and I can honestly say that despite what others have written, I loved it and was not let down by any means. First, I loved how Naylor began by incorporating Patrick back into the mix. While he has always remained...
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