Life, Alice McKinley feels, is just one big embarrassment. Here she is, about to be a teenager and she doesn't know how. It's worse for her than for anyone else, she believes, because she has no role
With graduation, a wedding, a pregnancy, and a college decision in store, the end of high school is harder—and more emotional—than Alice ever imagined.It’s the last semester of senior year, and while
Every girl should grow up with Alice, and with this irresistible new look, a whole new generation will want to. Now that she is setting into eighth grade, the class she used to envy, Alice Mckinley is
Ever since fifteen-year-old Kate Sterling's mother died four years ago, nothing has been the same. Filled with resentment and sadness, and trying to fill the void left by her mother, Kate has shut her
Disgusted that a family with three girls moves into the house across the river, nine-year-old Wally and his three brothers declare a practical joke war on the girls.
From the Newbery Award–winning author of Shiloh comes a middle-grade novel that combines adrenaline-fueled adventure with a poignant coming-of-age story.Buck Anderson’s life seems to be changing compl
The beloved Alice series begins right here, in this boxed set.Alice has been through it all. Friendships, breakups, love…and we get to experience it all with her. In this, the very first Alice boxed s
The beloved Alice series continues here, in Alice’s middle school years, in this boxed set.Alice has been through it all. Friendships, breakups, love…and we get to experience it all with her. In this
From the Newbery Award–winning author of Shiloh comes a middle-grade novel that combines adrenaline-fueled adventure with a poignant coming-of-age story about a boy who loves the challenges he faces w
It’s Alice—for the rest of her life! Yes, the very last Alice book, and it reveals every last bit you’d want to know about Alice, including whether she spends the rest of her life with Patrick! “This
Moving in with her loving Aunt Hilda after escaping the Child-Catching Services and her villainous uncle, Emily Wiggins and her orphaned friend, Jackson, struggle to outmaneuver a child snatcher inten
It’s Alice’s senior year in high school, and with this three-book compilation, you won’t miss a moment of it.Senior year is a big deal, but is Alice ready for it? Big decisions (college). Big parties
Fourth grade is far from flawless for Alice in this beloved novel with a new look.Here are all the embarrassing things that might happen to you in the fourth grade—and do happen to you, if your name i
Alice must choose between Patrick and Sam in this repackaged installment of a beloved series.How can someone be in love with two people at the same time? It doesn't make sense to Alice—until Sam, her
Every girl should grow up with Alice, and with this irresistible new look, a whole new generation will want to. Alice should be used to being in over her head by now, but really, she’s terrified of de
Every girl should grow up with Alice, and with this irresistible new look, a whole new generation will want to. Alice and Patrick are getting married! Well, sort of. It’s all part for her eighth grade
Alice McKinley comes home on the first day of junior high with a list of seven things about seventh grade that stink. Just about the only good thing she can think of is that she’s friends with everyon
April is the cruelest month," said the poet, and Alice McKinley would agree. April is a hard month. Not that she doesn't have some fun. It does begin with a wonderful April Fool's Day joke on her brot
Finally, Alice is thirteen. But being a teenager isn't always as fantastic as Alice dreamed it would be. A sophisticated night on the town with her brother, Lester, and an overnight train trip to Chic
Wally Hatford dreams of long lazy days far away from school and Caroline Malloy. But Wally, the best speller among the Hatford brothers, gets roped into helping them with a summer newspaper project th
As Halloween approaches, the three Malloy sisters find themselves continually trying to get even with the four Hatford brothers, who have been playing tricks on them since the Malloys moved from Ohio
After Marty Preston worked so hard to earn the dog Shiloh, he had hoped that his troubles with Judd Travers were over. He could not rescue all the dogs that Judd mistreated, but since shiloh was the o
Can the truth thaw Chrissa's frozen heart? It's been three years since Chrissa's father walked out of her life. Too angry even to speak to her mother, Chrissa is obsessed with finding the answers to h
After Marty Preston worked so hard to earn the dog Shiloh, he had hoped that his troubles with Judd Travers were over. He could not rescue all the dogs that Judd mistreated, but since shiloh was the o
For Doug's brother, Gordie, the ridge with its spectacular view is a magical, special place, but for Doug, it's The Fear Place. Two years ago, Doug hiked to the ridge during his family's annual campin
Nothing can separate a boy and his dog.A boy. A raggedy pup. The pup's mean as a rattlesnake owner. A dad who no how no way wants a dog in the house. This is how it all begins in Phyllis Reynolds Nayl
A rescued beagle and his boy owner seek love and understanding for their troubled small town in this holiday companion to the Newbery Medal–winningShiloh, from Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.Christmas is com
The beloved Alice series continues and ends here, in this boxed set that follows Alice from the first day of high school through college, and beyond.Alice has been through it all. Friendships, breakup
A rescued beagle and his boy owner seek love and understanding for their troubled small town in this holiday companion to the Newbery Medal–winningShiloh, from Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.Christmas is com
As Alice McKinley begins a new phase as a student at the University of Maryland, College Park, she experiences many changes, both expected and surprising, that lead her into a future her seventh-grade
Josh is hitchhiking from Boston to Dallas to begin a new life, trying to sort out the changes that have skewed his world since an accident killed his mother and made a mockery of his dreams. No longer
Alice at EIGHT—boy was she a pistol! The very first book in a beloved series gets a makeover.Eight-year-old Alice McKinley wants pierced ears, really long hair, a pet, and, most of all, a mother. Oh,
In her last adventure before starting college, Alice takes to the open sea for the summer—and nothing can stop the tides of change.Everything Alice has ever known is about to change—from where she sle
Growing up—and slimming down—is the tricky proposition in this repackaged installment of the beloved Alice series.The summer before ninth grade is all about getting it right—from head to toe. Alice an
Senior year is a big deal, and it’s full of huge decisions and the very best kind of memory making—but, for Alice McKinley, her last year of high school is being overshadowed by some very difficult si
When push comes to shove, two Kentucky girls find strength in each other.Ivy June Mosely and Catherine Combs, two girls from different parts of Kentucky, are participating in the first seventh-grade s
Get ready to start your own incredible, amazing life…right? Alice McKinley is standing on the edge of something new—and half afraid she might fall off. Graduation is a big deal—that gauntlet of growin
According to Pamela’s cousin in New Jersey, the worst thing that can happen to a girl is to start seventh grade without a boyfriend. So Alice is glad that she and Patrick are going together. But Patri
The ups and downs of high school life continue in the second and third bind-ups in the Alice series. In It’s Not Like I Planned It This Way, Alice’s sophomore year is chock full of change, from a new
Alice’s memorable last year of high school is being overshadowed by some very difficult situations. A sudden increase in vandalism at the school leads Alice to discover an angry and violent group of s
