Alice in Charge

By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Book Overview

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 students--teenage Neo-Nazis. Then an awkward hallway encounter gets a classmate to confess that a new, attentive teacher has been taking advantage of her. All at once, Alice's safe and comfortable school starts feeling strange and serious--all this plus the normal senior year pressures of college applications and life-making decisions. Alice has two options: step up or melt down. The choice is simple, and true to the character that readers have loved for years....Alice steps up--in a big way.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416975527
• ISBN13: 9781416975526
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.8" x 7.8"
• 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.