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The Alice Series

It's Not like I Planned it this Way (collective work) (edit title/settings)

Including Alice / Alice on Her Way / Alice in the Know

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Author) (edit contributors)

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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor includes many of her own growing-up experiences in the Alice books. She writes for both children and adults and is the author of more than one hundred and thirty-five books, including the Alice series, which Entertainment Weekly has called "tender" and... read more

Books in This Collection

  1. Including Alice

    by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Author)

    Is Three a Crowd in the McKinley Household? The day that Alice has been hoping, wishing, and waiting for has finally arrived: Her father and Sylvia Summers are getting married! But Alice soon discovers that having the stepmother of her dreams...

  2. Alice on Her Way

    by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Author)

    Freedom! It's the moment Alice has been looking forward to for years -- her sixteenth birthday is coming up, and that means getting her driver's licence, with the freedom that entails. And before that important milestone, there's another...

  3. Alice in the Know

    by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Author)

    It's the summer before junior year, and Alice is looking forward to three months of excitement, passion, and drama. But what does she find? A summer working in a local department store, trying to stop shoplifters, and more "real life" problems...

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I didn't know you could be excited, and scared,and happy and sad all at the same time, but that's how I started my sophomore year.

Table of Contents edit see section history

One: Getting Ready 7
Two: Mixed Feeling 21
Three: The Relatives 36
Four: The Jitters 45
Five: Yes! 62
Six: Hearts, Broken and Otherwise 76
Seven: I Could Have Danced All Night 87
Eight: A Bedroom Surprise 101
Nine: Message From Penny 119
Ten: Pretending 134
Eleven: Party 148
Twelve: Tooth Troubles 160
Thirteen: Dinner With the CIA 176
Fourteen: More Changes 191
Fifteen: Truly Disgusting 206
Sixteen: Caring For Sylvia 223
Seventeen: A New Year 235

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This book is in The Alice Series. (standard series)
This book is in The Girl Alice. (standard series)

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  1. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Author)

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Publication Date: October 5th 2010
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Page Count: 816

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