Alice in Charge

By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Book Overview

Alice's senior year is off to a rocky start in this relatable novel from Newbery Medalist and three-time Edgar Award-winning author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

It's the beginning of Alice's senior year and she finds herself facing some difficult situations. A sudden increase in vandalism at the school leads Alice to discover an angry and violent group of students--teenage neo-Nazis. And if that wasn't bad enough, she learns that a new, attentive teacher has been taking advantage of her friend. Between these crises, harder classes, college applications, work, and friends, Alice wonders just how much responsibility she can take. It's great to start feeling like a grown-up, but does the world really have to throw her everything all at once? Alice has the choice to step up...or melt down.

The decision is simple and true to the character that readers have loved for years: Alice steps up--and in a big way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416975551
• ISBN13: 9781416975557
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

A fine addition to the Alice saga

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's ALICE IN CHARGE tells of Alice and her friends, who understand mischief-making but face troubles when an increase in vandalism at Alice's school turns out to be the work of a neo-Nazi group and not a senior prank. Her world changes with this knowledge and the pressures of college applications and romance in this fine addition to the Alice saga.

Better than the last few in the series

I have been a faithful reader of the Alice series since I was 10 years old-16 years ago! Each year I eagerly await the next installment in the journey of Alice's adolescence. I enjoy each and every book, because I love and am invested in each of the characters. However, I have been dissapointed in the last few, which I felt lacked enough of a defined plot and full of stilted dialogue. Alice in Charge pleasantly surprised me with it's defined story arc, but the awkward dialogue and inauthentic feel of many of the scenarios still exists. However, I not only loved this book for the foray into the lives of the beloved characters but also for it's creation of suspense and drama, with plenty of laughs along the way. It wasn't perfect, but I didn't expect it to be. It's Alice's senior year now, and I cannot wait until next year's installment to see what happens next.