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Alice in April by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1993, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-100689318057
ISBN-139780689318054
eBay Product ID (ePID)151822
Product Key Features
Book TitleAlice in April
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1993
TopicSocial Themes / Adolescence, School & Education, General, Social Themes / General (See Also Headings under Family), Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes)
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorPhyllis Reynolds Naylor
Book SeriesThe Alice Mckinley Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height8.6 in
Item Weight10.6 Oz
Item Length0.8 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN92-017016
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromFifth Grade
Series Volume NumberNo. 5
Dewey Decimal813.54
Grade ToNinth Grade
SynopsisApril is the cruelest month," said the poet, and Alice McKinley would agree. April is a hard month. Not that she doesn't have some fun. It does begin with a wonderful April Fool's Day joke on her brother, Lester. But it also begins with Aunt Sally reminding her that she will soon be thirteen (as if anyone could forget something so important) and then she will be Woman of the House, since her mother is long dead. It is an awesome responsibility. All her life she had assumed that her father and Lester were there to take care of her; now she is going to have to take care of them. Taking care of Lester, alone, could be a full-time job, she thinks. Being Woman of the House has all sorts of drawbacks. For example: It never occurred to her that when she suggested her father and Lester ought to have physical checkups, her father would insist that she have one too. How could you let a doctor see you naked?Of course, Alice is still in school. And there she faces another crisis. She might be Woman of the House at home, but in school she needs a different kind of name, one given by a table full of boys in the cafeteria Depending on their figures, girls are being given state names -- some states have mountains and others do not. Will flat, flat Delaware or Louisiana be her fate? Alice lives in fear that it might be, though even worse is the fear that she might not get a name at all.The month ends with a dinner party for her father's birthday (part of being Woman of the House) that has more downs than ups -- and with a totally unexpected event that makes Alice and everyone she knows grow up a little and wonder a little deeper about life and the future. April is a hard month, but reading aboutAlice in Aprilis to find that most tragedies (though not all) pass and tears can turn to laughter and delight., The fifth book in Naylor's popular series about Alice McKinley. In Alice in April, the intrepid Alice is back with more questions about life, love, and especially womanhood. It all begins when Aunt Sally reminds her that she'll soon be 13 and the woman of the house--an announcement that poses interesting problems for Alice.
LC Classification NumberLC 92-17016
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