Alice On Her Way

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

ONE LINE SUMMARY: Alice has a new boyfriend, takes a church class on sex, and turns sixteen.

Ordinarily I wouldn’t have re-read this book so soon, but I got it as a Christmas gift and I had nothing else to read while at my in-laws’ house. The first time I read this, I was left with the feeling of not having enjoyed it as much as the previous Alice books, and now that I’ve re-read it, I definitely don’t like it as much as the other books.

I think part of the problem is that a lot of this book includes Sam, Alice’s new boyfriend. Sam was tolerable in small doses in previous books, but now he just becomes completely irritating–not just to us, but apparently to Alice as well.

Posted by: ssjane | December 26, 2005 | 6:51 pm
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