Alice in Rapture, Sort Of

We find Alice on her summer vacation coming from sixth going to seventh grade. We find Alice in her first summer in silver springs. The book is good read more to find how our dear Alice fares.

For the book quickly and it was just what I ordered. My granddaughter loved it.Thanks for being there and having good children's books.

I liked this book because it was very romantic and fun. You should read it if you like fun and romantic.

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This book was grate I have read the other books like ALICE IN BLUNDER LAND, LOVINGLY ALICE , and THE AGONY OF ALICE, I can't wait to read more

This is the first Alice book I read...Ms. Naylor really knows tweens and teens very well. I was 21, which is a little beyond the curve of this book series' age-recommendation, but then again I have never been one to follow the trends, andIn short, Alice is being raised by her father, but all the kinds of "girl-related" things she wants or needs to know about, it's like she yearns for a surrogate mother at times. She depends on the advice of her two friends Pamela and Elizabeth, who have somewhat different backgrounds, but can relate to the same growing-pains issues as they are the same age.I liked the way the author handled the "taking the friendship with Patrick a little further" issue with sensitivity and virtually no condescending tone whatsoever, the summer of fun for all the characters involved denotes a more innocent time free of the jadedness of today's times, which is rare and refreshing.This is a great book for the tween and teen set, and any girls who spend a large proportion of their time raised in a single father household, will be really jazzed to read about a character whose experiences and rites of passage are relatable.

It's the summer before seventh grade, and Alice is worried about what junior high will bring. At least she has Patrick, her very first boyfriend; Alice's best friend Pamela tells her and their other friend Elizabeth they absolutely *can't* start the school year without one.Although she's reassured by having a boy at her side, Alice finds there are new worries that come along with him. Raised by her father and older brother since she was a preschooler, Alice constantly wonders about things like dating, and wishes she had a mother to keep her from saying or doing the wrong thing.But, as Alice learns, even her friends with mothers make mistakes and have embarrassing things happen to them...like the time the boys get their hands on Pamela's special new bra designed to maximize cleavage. And - through her summer job babysitting three-year-old Jimmy - Alice learns that she does have a lot of knowledge, which she can put to use making a child's life better.Readers will enjoy Alice, who is just a regular girl like themselves, as they root for her throughout her adventures.

This is an overall sweet book. As the second book in the excellent Alice McKinley series, ALICE IN RAPTURE, SORT OF picks up where the first book left off. In other words it chronicles Alice through her summer vacation after 6th grade, the summer that her father dubs the "summer of the first boyfriend." This was the first Alice book that I read (I did so at a book store while I was in New York, because I had nothing else to do), and I enjoyed it emmensly. I like it mostly because it's honest.After Alice and Patrick get together everything isn't teriffic. Interesting, yes, but way more complicated than the way things were in the beginning, when they were just friends. Alice has to worry about what she eats (so that Patrick won't get any surprises when he kisses her), what an appropriate birthday present for a boyfriend is (what is Lucite, anyway??), and, in the end, whether or not being more than friends is worth all the strife (something I myself think about daily -- blech).Recommended for all people who enjoy reading realistic books about girls growing up, and especially for anyone who has read and ejoyed any of the other Alice McKinley books.