Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Achingly Alice.Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , Pulse. 149p. c1998. 0-689-86396-9. $4.99. J To quote from the hardcover review in KLIATT, September 1998: Good middle-school fare, with Naylor continuing with her ninth book about Alice as she grows up. In this one, Alice is hoping that her widowed father marries her favorite teacher, Miss Summers. She talks with her dearest friends about everything in their lives. This chatter includes Pamela's anger that her parents are separated and her mother has a new boyfriend; another friend, Elizabeth, has to have a pelvic exam Pelvic Exam Definition A pelvic examination is a routine procedure used to assess the well being of the female patients' lower genito-urinary tract. for a vaginal discharge Vaginal discharge discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina; normally clear or white Mentioned in: Bacterial Vaginosis vaginal discharge , and she gives her friends a horrified hor·ri·fy tr.v. hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies 1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay. 2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock. blow-by-blow description of the exam. (Every teenage girl dreads dreads pl.n. Informal Dreadlocks. her first pelvic exam, and this should fascinate readers.) A wonderful character is Alice's older brother, Lester, who goes to college but is always there for Alice to consult when she needs him. Miss Summers spends Christmas with them and gets snowed in and must spend the night as Alice's roommate, so Alice is alive with hope that her father's romance will succeed and that Miss Summers will become her new mother. This is a sequel to Outrageously Alice, and not the end of stories about Alice and her family and friends. Claire Rosser, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. |
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