Intensely Alice, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
Naylor has written 120+ books, and one of the series she writes is the Alice series, which I have been reading for a long time. Alice "tells it like it is", which is one of the reasons I like her as a character, but in this book, she seems more naive then usual. I don't know if the reason I think this is because I'm more grown-up now than I was in middle and high school when I was reading the series, or what, but in this novel she is approaching her senior year of high school and still has a sense of naivete.
Still, the Alice series is a good read overall, and this book was no exception. Naylor does tackle some serious subjects, such as religion, sex, and "politics", to an extent, and perhaps she is trying to get rid of some of Alice's naivete that has followed her up until now.
3 stars out of 5.
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I love the Alice books! There are also a few others by her about a kooky family from Naylor that are great. I can't think of what they're called right now.
ReplyDeleteYay, my first comment! :)
ReplyDeleteI like the Alice books as well. This one has a sort-of shocking ending too.