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Alice is in the throes of fifth‑grade life, balancing schoolwork, friendships, and the shifting dynamics at home. When her friend Rosalind receives her first period, she shares a book that explains what happening, prompting Alice to confront her own thoughts about sex and its place in her life. Through these experiences, Alice learns empathy, family life, and the challenges of single‑parent households in a small Maryland community.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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