Reluctantly Alice

After her first day in junior high Alice McKinley says I can think of atleast seven things about seventh grade that stink. But after a week Alice hasdecided tha... » 

After her first day in junior high Alice McKinley says I can think of atleast seven things about seventh grade that stink. But after a week Alice hasdecided that maybe junior high isnt so bad. In fact maybe she can go a wholeyear being friends with everyone teachers and students alike. This is beforeshe has her first runin with Denise MackTruck Whitlock.Alice who hassurvived sixth grade and The Summer of the First Boyfriend soon discovers thatit isnt so easy to be Alice the Likeable. Even her best friends get in the waysometimes. And just when she is sure no one has more problems than she doesshe is drawn into the ones her twentyyearold brother and her widowed fatherare facing which seem worse. Thinking a favorite teacher may hold the answerto at least one difficulty Alice ends up with a bigger mess than ever.Sherealizes however that it is possible to overcome disaster and to find a wayout of troubles. Most of all she discovers its good to have a father and abrother who love you and look out for you. In fact sometimes having family isalmost enough. «