NAYLOR, PHYLLIS REYNOLDS

ALICE : THE AGONY OF ALICE / PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR - New York Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, c1985. - vii, 131 pages: illustrations ; 21cm.

The Agony of Alice (1985) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is a coming-of-age story about 12-year-old Alice McKinley, who recently moved to a new town with her father and older brother. Having lost her mother at a young age, Alice navigates the embarrassments of starting 6th grade without a female role model, seeking a mentor while facing everyday preteen traumas.


English

9781416955337


Realistic Fiction / Contemporary
Coming-of-Age (Bildungsroman)

Fic. N333 1995