Alice

After she, her older brother, and their father move from Chicago to Maryland, Alice has trouble fitting into her new third grade class, but with the help of some new friends and her own unique outlook, she survives.

In her freshman year, fourteen-year-old Alice experiences changes and challenges with friends, family, and school activities, which leave her feeling better about herself than ever before.

Thirteen-year-old Alice, not quite a woman and no longer a child, finds that growing up has its disadvantages as well as advantages.

Seventh-grader Alice discovers that turning thirteen will make her the woman of the house, so she devises a plan to get more appreciation from her father and older brother.

The summer before eighth grade, Alice tries to confront her fears, not the least of which is a fear of deep water.

After she, her older brother, and their father move from Chicago to Maryland, Alice has trouble fitting into her new third-grade class, but with the help of some new friends and her own unique outlook, she survives.

The summer before she enters the seventh grade becomes the summer of Alice's first boyfriend, and she discovers that love is about the most mixed-up thing that can possibly happen to you, especially since she has no mother to go to for advice.

Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.

As Alice McKinley begins a new phase as a student at the University of Maryland, College Park, she experiences many changes, both expected and surprising, that lead her into a future her seventh-grade self could only have imagined.

Thirteen-year-old Alice sets long- and short-term priorities for her life as she experiences the complexities of young love.