Three more earlier Alice books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. I've got the last one now from the library, and I'm dying to get into it, but I still have a few more early ones I'd like to try and read before I do. This is one of the "prequels", when Alice is in elementary school and one of her best friends, Sara, moves away. Her brother Lester breaks his ankle and almost misses his prom, until Alice comes up with a great way for him to go. At the end of the book, their dad Ben has announced that he's bought a house in nearby Silver Spring and they are moving.
In "Alice in Lace" one of Alice's teachers, Mr. Everett, has an interesting assignment for his students: he will give each of them a real life situation that they have to plan for, examining all the options and determining which one is the best. Alice and Patrick are engaged to be married and must plan a wedding, rent their first apartment, and buy furniture with only $5,000. One of their classmates, Jill, has to plan a funeral for her grandmother and she's so irritated by the assignment she falsely accuses the teacher of touching her inappropriately when he refuses to change the assignment for her. Jill is the one who later on gets knocked up on purpose because her boyfriend's mom doesn't like her. So yeah, do the opposite of what Jill does, kids, and you'll be a-okay.
The cover of this book is just--I don't even know. What the heck happened to Pam's hair? She never wore a crappy knock-off Annie wig in the book. What were they thinking? Anyway, it's the summer before high school and the girls decide to get in shape and start exercising and watching what they eat. A careless remark by Justin makes Elizabeth take it too far, however, and she becomes dangerously thin. Alice gets in trouble with her dad and is grounded. Alice volunteers at a local hospital and is there when her beloved teacher, Mrs. Plotkin, dies. She's disappointed when her boyfriend, Patrick, tells her he is going out of town the same week her father is going to visit Sylvia in England. She had hoped for a little alone time with him (Alice, you naughty minx!). Sylvia and Ben call from England with the news that they're engaged!
Back to Georgia Nicolson rereads
by Louise Rennison. I have somehow misplaced book four of this series (tragedico!). So this is book 5. Robbie has left for Kiwi-a-gogo-land, and Georgia knows she'll never be happy again. At least, until the new lead singer for the Stiff Dylans, Masimo, otherwise known as the Italian Stallion, lands. Oo-er.
In book 6, Georgia goes out with Masimo, but he is also dating Wet Lindsay. Georgia doesn't want to lose him, but she also doesn't want to share him, so she tells him, and the book ends with him saying he will think about it. Robbie is writing letters and missing her from New Zealand, and Dave the Laugh is acting quite bizarre, talking about missed opportunities and whatnot, with random snogging thrown in for good measure.
Ah, to have Georgia's problems, just for one day! :)
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