| Can I Come Look At These Items? | | This online store is in association with Amazon.com, so these great, high-qualiy products will come from their warehouse or from other partners. Thanks for shopping! |
|
|
|
Almost Alice | 
 enlarge | Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher: Atheneum
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
Buy New: $9.69
You Save: $7.30 (43%)
New (31) Used (9) from $9.66
Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 125246
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0689870965
EAN: 9780689870965
ASIN: 0689870965
Publication Date: June 17, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.
|
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Is it possible to be too good a friend -- too understanding, too always there, too much like a doormat? Alice has always been a good friend to Pamela and Liz, a best friend to Pamela and Liz. But she's starting to wonder where that leaves her: What am I? An ear for listening? An arm around the shoulder? And then there's Patrick -- after ending their relationship two years ago, he's suddenly calling again, and wants to take her to his senior prom. What does that mean? As Alice tries to figure out who she is in relation to her friends, she learns one thing -- sometimes friends need you more than they let on...especially when the unthinkable happens.Always honest, brave, and true, the Alice series never flinches from big issues, and never discounts the small ones.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 After 7 years first real disappointment December 21, 2008
I've been reading the alice series since I was 12 years old now i am almost 20. Naylor truly connected with me through out my adolescence....but recently after Dangerously Alice the series has fallen off. Naylor just doesn't seem to be letting alice be a well rounded character any more...life seems to be happening around alice, the pure interaction between alice,elizabeth,pamela,her father,lester,sylvia,gwen, and patrick....all seem SO FLAT now.I dont think im outgrowing the series ( not everyone wants sexed up YA novels like gossip girl) but alice seems to be acting like a 80year old woman....often times she seems too mature for her age...this can't be written by the same newberry winner phyllis naylor...but it is....ive never been so let down by book in my life. Its like naylor doesn't want to write anymore or something....if i did not love the series i would give the book ZERO stars;
1.the dance situation was a bit rediculous and unbelievable-teen would not be into the history of sadie hawkins
2.elizabeth and pamela seem so flat and the interactions with each other and alice seemed forced as though they were just placed together
3.after all the trying alice did to get her father and sylvia together alice seem to care less about sylvia being her mother
4.speaking of there was no mention of alice's real mother to whom she could have at least misses when she was going to prom with patrick
5.im sorry but...no mention of sex and prom...i just graduated from high school 2 years ago...the topic should have at least come up
6.where did lester go?
7.(SPOILER) Pamela's pregnacy scare was such a low blow....if Naylor was to bring up the topic she owed it her young readers to discuss all options!and not solve the problem too easily
WAS i the only one feeling cheated.....i hope that the next book will be better because this one is forgetable
Not very good... November 11, 2008
It's hard to say when the series started to take a dive downward, but this book is the most obvious proof that I have that the Alice series just isn't what it used to be. I have been reading the Alice series since I was in 5th grade. I am now about to graduate high school. I enjoyed growing up with Alice because I could relate with her, but now, I'm finding the stories bland. It's at the point now that I don't even bother to buy them. I just sit in the bookstore, skim through them, and leave. This book was no exception. I will continue to read them, but the Alice series is pretty much over for me now.
 A fine tale of evolving relationships October 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Phyllis Reynold Naylor's ALMOST ALICE provides another Alice story, this one revolving around her long-standing friendships with Pamela and Liz. Alice's concern about her role as a friend to them is also complicated by Patrick's return and the senior prom in this fine tale of evolving relationships.
 Worst Alice Book Yet!!! [SPOILER ALERT] August 21, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This isn't a book, it's an after-school special -- and not even a mildly entertaining one. I understand that not every single part of Alice's life is going to be filled with wonderfully interesting events. One of the many charms this series has always held is in finding the small moments of her life, and amplifying them so that readers care about each and every detail, no matter how fast we manage to outgrow Alice.
However, the main point of this book is that things keep happening to the people around Alice, rather than to Alice herself. While that is certainly a valid plot device, and is probably true in a lot of people's lives (At least from their perspective -- the grass is always greener, after all!) it really seems counterintuitive to the PURPOSE of a series of books about *Alice*.
In this book, Naylor seems to have taken a vacation from finding out how teens actually speak and behave, in favor of ramming more lessons down their throats about the dangers of unprotected sex. Alice's friend Pamela is, as usual, the poster child for all sexual lessons. (It can't be a coincidence that she's also the token kid from a broken home.) She gets to experiment first, but she always gets punished in some way. This time ---------- [MAJOR SPOILER ALERT!!!] ---------- it's a pregnancy scare. But in all honesty, savvy young readers and older readers will be able to see this coming from miles away, so it's hardly a spoiler to discuss it. What I won't discuss is the ridiculous, insulting and even offensive way Naylor deals with the problem of pregnancy. Abortion is never mentioned, not even to offer some debate or discussion for readers to ponder. I am amazed that Naylor and her editors really thought HER solution to the problem was a better alternative for young girls to think about than planned parenthood, adoption or abortion.
Many reviewers have already expounded upon the idiocy of having high schoolers go gaga for Lil' Abner, so I'll skip that. However, Naylor missed the mark big time when she wrote about the big prom night with Patrick and Alice. For one thing, in high schools all over the country, teens get hotel rooms after the prom. This is never even mentioned here. No one discusses prom night as a night to lose their virginity, or even mentions sex in relation to the prom. Perhaps these things are too cliche, but considering how many other cliche things Naylor packs into this book, it really does feel like a giant pink elephant in the room that no one is talking about.
In spite of the fact that this book came out right on schedule, roughly one year after the last Alice book, it feels rushed. Naylor decided for some reason to "tell" instead of "show" most of the action, and a lot of the book is just Alice giving long descriptions of things. The book also mirrors other teen-centric vehicles like "Luann" and "Daria", where the token black female character is the one with the best grades, the highest test scores and the biggest career ambitions. This is now so common that it's actually boring. Just once, I'd like to read a YA novel where the token black girl was a little bit wild, the kid from the broken home is stable and happy while the kids with two parents have the worst lives, and the first person to lose their virginity actually enjoyed it, with no negative consequences.
This will never happen -- especially not in Naylor's world. Only people deeply committed to this series will be able to stick with this book. It truly is the worst written, worst plotted and just overall, generally the worst Alice book yet -- and that's coming from someone who read and enjoyed them all. This one is a MUST to avoid unless you're an avid, die-hard fan of the series. And my unsolicited advice to those who can't help but read it for the sake of continuance is to save your dollars and read it in a library or bookstore cafe. Let Naylor know she has to do better than this. Her readers -- not to mention Alice herself -- deserve a lot better.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too August 12, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Alice is finishing up her junior year and things couldn't be brighter for her: Patrick asked her to his prom, she is now features editor of the school newspaper, and she's getting along better with her stepmother. Life is good!
Scott, her secret crush, agrees to go to the Sadie Hawkins dance with her. Patrick remains close to her heart, though she isn't quite sure what their relationship truly is. Her friends are busy, too, with school and boys. Alice starts to feel like she's always there rooting for them, but where are they when she needs them? It takes a pregnancy test to bring the friends together again.
This is the twenty-third book in the ALICE series. Reading an ALICE book is like catching up with an old friend. I've been a loyal fan for several years and wait anxiously for the next book to come out each time! If you are a new reader to the series, it would be easy to start with this book and read the others in the future.
Reviewed by: hoopsielv
|
|
|
| |
News 
