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    This document refers to the Alice McKinley series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. To learn more about the series, please visit http://www.AliceMcKinley.com. Dear Friends of Alice: This is our gift to you, the Alice "bible," composed by our copy-editor, and containing all the facts I needed to remember about Alice and her world each time I wrote a new book. There is nothing new here and it's not a story, just reference material that was revised every few years to keep me up to date regarding all the people, places, birthdays, cars, doctors, dentists, kisses, costumes—absolutely everything and everybody pertaining to Alice. If you have not yet read all twenty-eight books, you may want to do that first, as this contains spoilers, and the page numbers given may not be the right numbers for different editions. But this is possibly the first time that a publisher has offered this to the public, and we are sharing it with you, our loyal readers, as a reference source for all the Alice books—something that kept me sane and grateful to the copy-editor who composed it. I hope you will enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the Alice series, and that it will help you locate some of your favorite events. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, author of the Alice McKinley series

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    This document refers to the Alice McKinley series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. To learn more about the series, please visit http://www.AliceMcKinley.com. Dear Friends of Alice: This is our gift to you, the Alice "bible," composed by our copy-editor, and containing all the facts I needed to remember about Alice and her world each time I wrote a new book. There is nothing new here and it's not a story, just reference material that was revised every few years to keep me up to date regarding all the people, places, birthdays, cars, doctors, dentists, kisses, costumes—absolutely everything and everybody pertaining to Alice. If you have not yet read all twenty-eight books, you may want to do that first, as this contains spoilers, and the page numbers given may not be the right numbers for different editions. But this is possibly the first time that a publisher has offered this to the public, and we are sharing it with you, our loyal readers, as a reference source for all the Alice books—something that kept me sane and grateful to the copy-editor who composed it. I hope you will enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the Alice series, and that it will help you locate some of your favorite events. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, author of the Alice McKinley series

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    The Alice McKinley Series Bible

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    This document refers to the Alice McKinley series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. To learn more about the series, please visit http://www.AliceMcKinley.com. Dear Friends of Alice: This is our gift to you, the Alice "bible," composed by our copy-editor, and containing all the facts I needed to remember about Alice and her world each time I wrote a new book. There is nothing new here and it's not a story, just reference material that was revised every few years to keep me up to date regarding all the people, places, birthdays, cars, doctors, dentists, kisses, costumes—absolutely everything and everybody pertaining to Alice. If you have not yet read all twenty-eight books, you may want to do that first, as this contains spoilers, and the page numbers given may not be the right numbers for different editions. But this is possibly the first time that a publisher has offered this to the public, and we are sharing it with you, our loyal readers, as a reference source for all the Alice books—something that kept me sane and grateful to the copy-editor who composed it. I hope you will enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the Alice series, and that it will help you locate some of your favorite events. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, author of the Alice McKinley series

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    Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Alice Series: The Alice Bible TABLE OF CONTENTS

    I. BOOK CHRONOLOGY: TIME LINE, AGES, DATES, ETC. II. THE MCKINLEY NUCLEAR FAMILY
    1. Alice Kathleen General Info Physical Characteristics Personality Traits Likes Dislikes Possessions Bedroom Redecorated Room (Round 1) Redecorated Room (Round 2) Gifts & Birthday Details Halloween Costumes & Events April Fools Day Books Read / Special Literature Movies Seen Future Plans Possible Careers Undesirable Careers School Tidbits 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade General Elementary School Notes 6th Grade General Junior High Notes 7th Grade 8th Grade General High School Notes 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade Education-Related Details College Life Clubs & School Activities All-Stars Fan Club Earring Club Camera Club Explorers Club The Edge (High School Newspaper) Drama Club Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) Student Jury Student Safety Council Trips, Vacations & School Break Activities Firsts Promises 1/15/2014

    6! 12!
    12! 12! 12! 13! 15! 16! 17! 19! 19! 20! 20! 23! 24! 24! 25! 25! 26! 26! 26! 26! 27! 27! 27! 27! 27! 28! 28! 28! 30! 30! 30! 31! 31! 32! 33! 33! 33! 33! 33! 33! 35! 36! 36! 36! 36! 39! 43! 1

    Jobs & Volunteer Work Allowance/Money Medical/Health Background & Sicknesses/Ailments Romance Department Relationship with Donald Relationship with Patrick Relationship with Sam Relationship with Dave Other Dates / Miscellaneous Romance Notes Driving History Personal History Children Family Life 2. Ben (Dad) General Info Personality Characteristics & Personal History Chronology Details Employment History & Facts Romance Department Marital History & Courtship with Marie Relationship with Sylvia Summers Gifts 3. Marie (Mom) General Info Personality Characteristics & Personal History Things of Hers in the House/in the Series Romance Department 4. Lester Paul (Brother) General Info Personality Characteristics Personal History & Chronological Tidbits Romance Department Education & School Facts Employment Gifts Children 5. Sylvia Summers (Stepmother) General Info & Physical Traits Personality Characteristics & Personal History School Facts Chronology Tidbits Family & Personal Relationships Romance Department Notes on Relationship with Alice / Alices Feelings Toward Sylvia Gifts A. Family: Traits, Habits & History General Religious History House Rules & Guidelines Holidays General Notes Christmas Rituals Specific Holidays 1/15/2014

    44! 46! 46! 47! 48! 48! 52! 53! 54! 55! 55! 62! 63! 65! 65! 65! 67! 67! 68! 68! 69! 71! 73! 73! 73! 75! 75! 76! 76! 76! 76! 79! 80! 81! 82! 83! 84! 84! 84! 85! 86! 86! 87! 87! 88! 89! 89! 89! 90! 91! 91! 91! 91! 2

    Residences & House Details Takoma Park, MD House Contents Silver Spring, MD Exterior Yard Interior Home Renovation/Addition Project Lesters 1st Apartment Family Pets

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    III. PLACES, GEOGRAPHY, PROPER NOUNS, ETC.


    1. Place Names 2. Various Proper Nouns 3. Melody Inn 4. General Geographical Details

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    IV. REPEATED CHARACTERS


    1. Extended Family Maries Family Bens Family Sylvias Family 2. Closest Friends A. Pamela Jones Physical Characteristics & General Info History with Alice Personality Traits Residence & Family Life Bedroom School Details & Education Personal History Jobs & Volunteer Work Love Life B. Patrick Long Physical Characteristics & General Info History with Alice Personality Traits Residence & Family Life School History Personal History Jobs Gifts Love Life C. Elizabeth Ann Price Physical Characteristics & General Info History with Alice Personality Traits Residence & Family Life Bedroom School Details & Education Personal History Jobs & Volunteer Work 1/15/2014

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    Love Life D. Rosalind Rodriquez Physical Characteristics & General Info History with Alice Personality Traits Residence & Family Life Personal History Future Plans, Jobs & Volunteer Work E. Donald Sheavers Physical Characteristics & General Personality Info History with Alice Personal History F. Gwen Wheeler Physical Characteristics & General Personality Info History with Alice Residence & Family Life Personal History Jobs & Volunteer Work Education Details & Future Plans Love Life 3. Friends & Schoolmates 4. Teachers & Faculty 5. Melody Inn Staff 6. Lesters Women Tracy Freeman History with Lester Crystal Harkins History with Lester Marilyn Rawley Roberts History with Lester Stacy Houghton McKinley Miscellaneous Others 7. Parents & Relatives of Friends/Peers 8. Miscellaneous

    134! 136! 136! 136! 136! 136! 137! 137! 137! 137! 138! 138! 139! 139! 140! 140! 140! 141! 141! 142! 145! 161! 165! 167! 167! 168! 168! 169! 169! 171! 172! 172! 174! 178!

    V. SPECIFIC THINGS THE AUTHOR REQUESTED


    1. Contents of Keepsakes Trunk in McKinleys Attic Other Things in Attic 2. Buried Time Capsule 3. Ben & Maries Honeymoon 4. School Dances 5. School Courses 6. Alices Baby Book

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    190! 190! 190! 191! 192! 194! 195!

    VI. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS


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    1. Camp Overlook 2. Ben and Sylvias Wedding 3. Carols Wedding 4. Mark Stedmeisters Death & Funeral 5. Chesapeake Bay Seascape Cruise Job

    196! 197! 199! 200! 200!

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    Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Alice Series: The Alice Bible Global Details List (as of October 2013) Note to the reader: Notes marked with an asterisk (*) are inconsistencies that were caught after the books were published. I. BOOK CHRONOLOGY: TIME LINE, AGES, DATES, ETC. #1a Starting with Alice (first in prequel series): ! Book covers Alice in 3rd grade, her first school year in Takoma Park, MD (school year: Sept. 1988June 1989) ! Main event: being the new kid in Takoma Park, MD ! Alice is 8 when the book starts, turns 9 by the end (ends on her birthday in May) ! Lester is 15 when the book starts, turns 16 a week later Alice in Blunderland (second in prequel series): ! Book covers Alice in 4th grade (school year Sept. 1989June 1990) and the summer that follows; starts about two weeks into the school year; ends in late August on a Wednesday ! Main event: all the blunders Alice thinks she makes throughout 4th grade, which she thinks is the worst year of her life thus far (except for the year Mom died), until the end of the book, when she realizes the year was okay ! Alice is 9 when the book starts, turns 10 near the end ! Lester turned 17 in September; junior in high school Lovingly Alice (third and final in prequel series): ! Book covers Alice in 5th grade (school year Sept. 1990June 1991); starts early in September (with Less birthday just passing), ends right as the McKinleys are about to move to Silver Spring, which occurs in July ! Main theme: Taking the good with the bad, the balance between loss and gain, between the ups and downs in life, throughout Alices fifth grade, as she decides to become a healer, not a hurterto look at the positive instead of remaining bitter about the disappointments, such as Sara moving away, Oatmeal dying, Less broken ankle, moving away from Rosalind, etc. ! This is the book where Alice finds out what the birds and the bees really means. ! Alice is 10 when the book starts, turns 11 in chapter 15 ! Lester turns 18 at start of book; senior year in high school The Agony of Alice (first in original series): ! Book covers 6th grade (school year 19911992); starts with memories of the move from Takoma Park to Silver Spring, the summer (July) between 5th & 6th grades; ends on last day of school in June ! Main event: Alice wants an adopted mom, a role model; she finds the best candidate in her 6th-grade teacher, Mrs. Plotkin ! Alice is 11 when book starts, 12 when it ends ! Lester is 19 (*should be 18 before school starts, per his birthday on 9/4), just started junior college
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    Alice in Rapture, Sort Of ! Book covers the summer after 6th grade; starts one week after book #2: The Agony of Alice ends and ends in early Sept., the first day of 7th grade, in 1992 ! Main event: The Summer of the First Boyfriend ! Alice just turned 12 a month ago when book starts ! Lester is 19 Reluctantly Alice ! Book covers 7th grade; starts on first day of junior high; ends on Christmas Eve that same year (SeptemberDecember 24, 1992) ! Main event: Alice the Likable; she makes it her goal to be liked by everyone in her new jr. high; Denise Whitlock is her biggest challenge ! Alice is 12 ! Lester is 19 at very start of book, quickly turns 20 by 1st Friday of school All But Alice ! Book covers winter of 7th grade: a few months, from January to around late February/early March 1993 ! Main event: Sisterhood: Alice wants to be like every other girl her age and feel unity with all of womankind; her efforts get her to be one of the Famous Eight/Beautiful People for a while, but in the end, she learns more about true friendship and about following her own heart ! Alice is 12 ! Les is 20

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    Alice in April ! Book covers April 1993 of 7th grade; ends the 2nd Sunday in May ! Main event: Woman of the House at home as Alice advances toward becoming a teenager; developing female figures at school ! Alice is 12 ! Les is 20 Alice In-Between ! Book covers spring of 7th grade and summer after 7th grade, 1993; starts on May 9th, within a week of Alices 13th b-day, and ends in late July, soon after Patricks 13th b-day ! Main event: In between girlhood and womanhood ! Alice is 12 when the book starts, 13 when it ends ! Les is 20 Alice the Brave ! Book covers August 1993 before 8th grade; starts about 5 weeks before school starts, ends on first day of 8th grade ! Main event: Alices fear of deep water ! Alice is 13 ! Les is 20 Alice in Lace
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    Book covers start of 8th grade (SeptemberOctober 1993): begins about a week into the school year with the Critical Choices health class assignment, ends in mid-October with birth of Nathan Price Main event: The obstacle course of adult life (learned via a health class assignment) Alice is 13 Les turns 21 early in the book

    Outrageously Alice ! Book covers fall of 8th grade (OctoberNovember 1993): begins the third week in October, ends the day after Thanksgiving, at Crystals reception ! Main event: Alice feels she needs to get a life, wants outrageous things to happen to her, so she joins clubs and tries new looks; she learns who someone really is will always come out in the end and that her life will be interesting so long as she is interesting ! Alice is 13 ! Les is 21, in his senior year of his philosophy studies Achingly Alice ! Book covers winter of 8th grade: begins mid-December 1993, right before band concert, ends mid-March 1994 ! Main event: Setting priorities and making things happen (namely, getting Dad and Miss Summers engaged), which sometimes means tough choices between competing things one wants ! Alice is 13 ! Les is 21

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    Alice on the Outside ! Book covers spring of 8th grade: begins in mid-March (after Pamelas 14th birthday), ends the night of the 8th-grade semi-formal (late May 1994) ! Main event: Feeling excluded, marginalized people, whats in and out ! Alice is 13, turns 14 two weeks before book ends ! Les is 21 The Grooming of Alice ! Book covers summer after 8th grade, the Summer of Mass Confusion: begins the first day of summer vacation, ends the night Pamela returns from Colorado in late August 1994 ! Main event: The girls concentrate on getting their bodies in shape, but through several challengesMrs. Plotkins death, Pams difficulties at home, Elizabeths struggle w/selfimage via her weightthey learn bodily variations are normal and its the beauty on the inside that counts ! Alice is 14 ! Les is 21 Alice Alone ! Book covers start of 9th grade: begins last day of August 1994, the day Dad comes home from England; ends on last day before X-mas vacation
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    Main event: Alice Time; Alice and Patrick break up, and she must learn to love herself, even w/o a boyfriend Alice is 14 Les turns 22 early in book, the first Sunday after school starts

    Simply Alice ! Book covers 2nd half of 9th grade, 1995; begins early in 2nd semester, ends the night Sylvia returns, June 16, when Les and Al go to the movies to give the couple some time alone ! Main event: The changes in Alices first year of high school: she branches out on her ownnew activities, new friends, new guy; she continues (from book #14: Alice Alone) to try to focus on others more than herselfby end of book, shes feeling better about herself than she ever has ! Alice is 14, turns 15 near end of book ! Les is 22 Patiently Alice ! Book covers the summer after 9th grade: starts on June 17, 1995, the day before she leaves to work at Camp Overlook (since it was specified in #15: Simply Alice that date span was June 18July 10); ends on the first day of her sophomore year, after school that day when she comes home to find Latishas gift ! Main event: Life can throw you surprises: Dad and Sylvias wedding is postponed; Lester plans to move out on his own; Pams mother returns to town; Elizabeth progresses sexually; Gwen and Legs break up; Patrick and Alice are on friendly terms; Alice wanted, and got, The No-Boyfriend Summer, free of relationship worries and just being friends with guys and new people ! Alice is 15 ! Les is 22 Including Alice ! Book starts in mid-September of sophomore year, a few weeks before the October 18 wedding; book ends at midnight, on New Years Eve ! Main event: Ben and Sylvias wedding and then Alice adjusting to having a new stepmom in the house, which is more awkward than shed imagined, and adjusting to no longer having Lester there; overall lesson: its okay to just be yourself ! Alice is 15 ! Les turned 23 behind the scenes, before book events start Alice on Her Way ! Book starts in January of sophomore year; book ends in June, before 10th grade is officially over (even though the final printed version says its the last week of June, p. 318), on the day Alice gets her drivers license ! Main event: Alice is on her way to becoming an adult and learns more about selfdevelopment along the waygetting her license and the freedom that will bring; discovering what shes looking for in a boyfriend; acknowledging that her family members have their own lives and futures, her friends have their own paths and aspirations; wanting to keep growing and evolving as a person, stimulated by her trip New York, which showed her the value of new experiences and meeting new people ! Alice turns 16 in May
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    Alice in the Know ! Book starts in early July after sophomore year; ends on a Saturday evening (September 10) by Grandpas bedside (the first weekend after school has started) ! Main event: The Horrible Summer of My Sixteenth Year (Molly has cancer; Alice misses having a large family around; Brian goes from friend to enemy; Less first marriage proposal is rejected; unexciting job thats she eventually fired from; Gramps is dying); on the plus side, theres a summer trip to the beach, Mr. Jones get engaged, Alice feels connected to her family in TN when they visit to say good-bye to Grandpa ! Alice is 16 ! Les turns 24 a week before the book ends Dangerously Alice ! Book starts on a Monday morning of second week of junior year; ends on New Years Day (Tuesday, school starts back up again on Wednesday), with a call from Patrick inviting her to the prom in five months ! Main event: After finding out that shes thought of as a boring Miss Goody Two-shoes, Alice tries to be more interesting, more daring (like dressing sexier, heavy petting with a guy shes not crazy about, going on a motorcycle ride, learning football, doing undercover research) but becomes uncertain of who she is along the way; as parallel themes, her relationship with Sylvia grows more complex as the newness of the family situation fades, her driving probationary period ends, she learns (especially from Molly) that each day counts, and the old gang breaks up; in the end, rather than rediscovering herself, new facets of the old Alice emerge ! Alice is 16 ! Les is 24 Almost Alice ! Book starts on Wednesday, January 2, first day of second semester of junior year (day after book #20 ended); ends at 4:00 a.m. the night of Patricks prom, in late May, three weeks before he leaves for college (NOTE: Book definitely follows the 2008 calendar, for its a leap year this year, with the Sadie Hawkins dance falling on February 29th) ! Main event: Alice isnt positive who the real Alice isalmost, yes, but not entirely; then, throughout the book, others excel, find their niches, like Pam on the stage and Gwen in the classroom, even Liz finding her flirtatious, daring side, but Alice wonders what shes especially good at, what will earn her accolades; by the end of the book, shes more comfortable in her own skin ! Alice is 16; turns 17 in chap. 16 ! Les is 24 Intensely Alice ! Book covers the summer before Alices senior year of high school; starts on a Sunday afternoon in June with the old gang at the Stedmeister pool, weeks after book #21 ended; ends on Sunday, August 30, over a week before school starts, as the kids are just starting to heal from the shock of losing Mark, as Alice just heard the great news that Molly is in remission, and as shes just coming to shape her evolving beliefs about God and faith and religion (NOTE: Book follows the 2009 calendar, the year in which it will be published, with Carols wedding on July 11th falling on a Saturday)
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    Main events: Carols wedding, Alices overnight visit with Patrick at the University of Chicago, Keeno and Lizs budding romance, the girls first 10-day bachelorette experience apartment-sitting for Les, Marks death, and Alice learning that she has to ask for her friends support, too, not just offer them hers; strong undercurrent of religious beliefs/faith/spirituality is the most intense theme of the book, and it looks like Alice will keep exploring it in stories shes hoping to do for The Edge Alice is 17 Les is 24, just about to turn 25

    Alice in Charge ! Book covers first semester of Alices jam-packed senior year of high school; starts on the first day of school; ends on New Years Eve ! Main events: Alices nervousness about going to college after all; cultural/racial/ethnic/sexual differences (the prejudice at school, refugee student Daniel, introduction of Kay Yen); Alice and Patricks continuing growing closeness ! Alice is 17 ! Les is 25 Incredibly Alice ! Book covers second semester of Alices senior year of high school; starts on New Years Day; ends on Graduation Day, Friday, June 3 ! Main themes/events: making decisions and not knowing where they may lead you; outgrowing youthful things and getting ready to fly from the nest; Alices first experience with competing for something she wants; birth of Marilyns baby; Kay Yens romance; Jill and Justins pregnancy and marriage ! Alice is 17 at start; turns 18 toward end, on same day as Senior Prom ! Les is 25 Alice on Board ! Book covers summer between end of high school and start of college; starts the afternoon of Graduation Day (Friday, now June 1, per 2012 calendar), when the girls start work aboard the Seascape; ends Saturday, August 4, with all the girls togetherpossibly for the last time before they all scatter off to collegein Less backyard ! Main themes/events: What home means to Alice (particularly as regards meeting Mitch and his attachment to his home); Gwens desire to not tie herself to a guy throughout all of her schooling; Pams struggles with finding balance with her mother ! Alice is 18 ! Les is 25 Now Ill Tell You Everything: The Final Alice McKinley Book (previously Always Alice) ! Book covers the day Alice leaves for college (at 18 years old, in late August) to the opening of the buried time capsule from middle school, when shes 60 (in June, so one month after her 60th birthday)

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    II. THE McKINLEY NUCLEAR FAMILY 1. Alice Kathleen General Info ! Birthday: 11:46 P.M., May 14 (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 11) (no specific year; used to be 1980) ! Born & lived in Chicago until summer before third grade (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 13), when family moved to Takoma Park, MD; summer after 5th grade, in July, family moves to Silver Spring ! Dad and Les often call her Al (then her close friends once in high school [#14: Alice Alone]); Dad will call her Toots when hes being serious (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 137) Physical Characteristics ! Green eyes ! Freckles ! Thin lips ! Height: o Consistently referred to as medium/average o About 52 at 12 years old (shorter than Pamela & Elizabeth) (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 59) o But growth spurt over 7th grade, so shes much taller in Sept. of 8th-grade year than she was in Sept. of 7th-grade year (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 17) ! Physique: o When younger: skinny legs, bony knees, big feet (#3: Alice in Rapture) o Medium, average build as she grows o Newly 15 years old, shes a 32B bra size, with measurements 32 x 25 x 34 (#16: Patiently Alice, pp. 13, 15) o Baby fat disappearing under her chin (#17: Including Alice, p. 23) o Gains 1.5 lbs. in sophomore year; arms are slimmer, butt filled out a bitchanges shes happy withbut would like a bit more shape to her legs (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 137) o Typical little bulge at tummy and on upper thighs at panty lines, but nothing shes worried aboutjust enough curves to show shes female (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 88) o Size 8 dress size in 11th grade (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 86) o Loses a few pounds when worrying about Amy in December of senior year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 266) o Gains 6 pounds first semester of college (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 36) o As sophomore, likes what she sees in the mirror: a pretty good figurenot perfect, by any means, but nice curve to breasts, slim waist, little-too-narrow hips (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 69) o Not as slender after two kids12 pounds heavier at 30 than when married at 23but still looks pretty good and keeps herself in good shape (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 347) ! Hair: o Strawberry blond hair, straight o Midlength (though shorter when shes younger; #2: The Agony of Alice, p. 91) o Pageboy-type hairstyle in jr. high (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 119)
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    o Growing it out long summer after freshman year (almost as long as Lizs)looks blond in some lights, red in others, brown at night (#16: Patiently Alice, pp. 7, 14) o By start of sophomore year, hair getting darker, more of a brunette than a strawberry blonde (#17: Including Alice, p. 23) o Shoulder length in jr. year (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 21); letting it grow a little longer in 2nd semester (#21: Almost Alice, p. 114) o Looks awful in humid weather (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 295) o At 60, blondish gray, worn swept back away from her face (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 502) Resemblance to Mom: o Picture of her in her wedding dress with Patrick looks like Marie at 18; as she ages, looks more and more like her mother; in fact, Sally and Milt notice a big resemblance when shes 15 1/2: same hair style, same smile, same walk (#17: Including Alice, pp. 117, 118) o Grandpa McKinley thinks shes so much like her mother that he first mistakes her for Marie at Dads wedding, then again on his death bed (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 276) o Uncle Howard also remarks during same visit that she has Maries coloring, her hair, and her eyes (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 271) o When she arrives for Carols wedding in July of pre-12th-grade year, Aunt Sally says she looks like Marie more every day, with her exact chin and cheekbones (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 70) o Though Mom was taller, Dad thinks their shoulders and waist about same size, so Maries wedding dress will fit well enough (with alterations) (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 243) Leg hair is blond when shes 10 (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 30) Birthmark left of her vulva, butterfly shape, Mom noticed it when she was born (#13: Grooming of Alice, pp. 174175) Faint scar that healed well after her appendectomy (#15: Simply Alice, p. 148) Usually has pimples only week before her period (#15: Simply Alice); abdomen feels fat first few days; wears both pads and tampons (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 25); sometimes her period is heavy from the start (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 49) Face breaks out when she eats too much chocolate, even as young adult (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 295) Looks good in blue green (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 14), also in black (as does Sylvia) (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 19) Doesnt spend time on her nails: one clear coat once a week (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 59) Feet grow about half a size sometime before spring of junior year (#21: Almost Alice, p. 240) Is warm most of the time/doesnt seem to be the type of person who gets cold often (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 54) If she could change one thing about herself: one pound off each thigh, on breasts instead; the thing she likes most: her arms and elbows (#24: Incredibly Alice, pp. 28, 33) Didnt mind turning 30 at all, but by 40 she asks Patrick if she should consider a face-lift (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 418)

    Personality Traits ! Cant sing at all; tone-deaf (but likes to sing when shes vacuuming); (for details on her tone deafness, see Alices Personal History section below)
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    Dislikes ! To be pitied ! Foods: Brussels sprouts; meat loaf; lemon cake (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 1); lima beans (#1c, p. 104) ! Barbie dolls (by the time shes 8) ! Going to the dentist ! Roses (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 27) ! Friends asking her about her mother, because it makes her feel different from her peers (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 63) ! When people call body parts you-know-what (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 28) ! Being called little lady (#6: Alice in April, p. 106) ! Shopping (at least not as much as Pamela & Elizabeth) ! Least favorite thing to do: throw up ! Crying in public; also seeing others cry (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 266) ! Showers (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Hospitals (#10: Outrageously Alice): hates everything about thempain and sickness and death, blood and scrubs and other hospital sights and sounds, ever since working in the hospital when Mrs. Plotkin died (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 266) ! Waiting around for things ! Smell of beer (#10: Outrageously Alice) ! New Years Eve ball-dropping in Times Square (#11: Achingly Alice) ! Teachers calling students by their last names (#11: Achingly Alice) ! When people show up earlier than expected (#11: Achingly Alice) ! Corsages pinned to her dress (#12: A on the Outside) ! That at 15 years old, she still cries when she gets upset (#17: Including Alice, p. 9) ! The way she sometimes sulks and wont tell people whats bothering her (#17: Including Alice, p. 216)
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    Possessions (See also Gifts below) ! Sentimental/Personal Items: o Photo of Mom, in a blue dress with white buttons, holding her as a baby in her laptwo years old, laughing, playing with the buttons (#17: Including Alice, p. 25; #19: Alice in the Know, p. 246)on her dresser (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 26) o Photo of Mrs. Plotkins great-grandmother, to go along with the ring Mrs. P. gave her (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 139) o Returned items from Crystal to Lester: Swatch watch, sweater, perfume, earrings (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 50) o Mementos (in addition to those on her bulletin board; see below): yellow envelope w/handful of grass from day she and Donald played Tarzan in Takoma Park; tag from her first pair of Levis in 6th grade; piece from her bramble bush costume in 6th-grade school play; wrapper from the 3 Musketeers bar Patrick gave her in 6th grade (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 94) o Baby book (see Section V, list item #6 below for details) ! Toys/Childhood Items: o Brown toy monkey (plastic and fur): when she was very little, her mom would make bottles and diapers for it out of dishtowels (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 125);
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    she still has itfound it in the attic upstairsand now keeps it on her bed (#17: Including Alice, pp. 63, 247), one eye missing (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 202) o First Barbie doll: received three of them on her birthday in 1st grade; received her fourth in 2nd grade Clothing/Attire: o Baseball cap with WHATEVER printed on front; won as a prize for a word game at Megans birthday party in 4th grade (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 28) o Various composers T-shirts o Shiny green & silver bikini with bows: Dad bought it for her in Ocean City (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 96) o Bikini with HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEETHOVEN (crooked) on seat of pants (#5: All But Alice, p. 2) o Esprit socks (#5: All But Alice, p. 36) o Nikes (#5: All But Alice, p. 36) o Two strapless bras: first needed for her bridesmaids dress for Crystals wedding, though purchasing one is never actually specified (#10: Outrageously Alice); second from Victorias Secret, Sylvia surprises her with it before the wedding: white, top half all lace (#17: Including Alice, pp. 20, 23) o Bridesmaid dress for Crystals wedding w/matching dyed open-toed shoes: barebacked jade green dress, filmy net layer over tighter satin skirt, middle slit (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 14); cocktail length (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 62) o Bridesmaid dress for Dads wedding (see details in Section VI below, under Ben and Sylvias Wedding); Alice says shell wear it to her senior prom (#17: Including Alice, p. 20) o New royal blue bathing suit (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 3) o Beige flats with crisscross straps over the top (which she wears with her new dress to Tony n Tinas Wedding) (#15: Simply Alice, p. 165) o Terry-cloth robe (#17: Including Alice, p. 64) o Suede boots (#17: Including Alice, p. 230) o Terry-cloth swimsuit cover-up (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 32) o Lacy black stretch panties with nude lining, purchased for first night alone with Patrick (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 50) o Nude-colored sling-back heels, which seem to elongate her legs (wears them to senior prom) (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 225) Jewelry: o Musical charm bracelet (#3: Alice in Rapture) o A bracelet from Niagara Falls (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 135) o Earrings w/green stones: one of the two 14K gold earrings Pamela trades Alice for Izzys sweaty sock (#5: All But Alice, p. 58) o Pink ceramic elephant earrings, her first purchase for the Earring Club (#5: All But Alice, p. 74) o String of fake pearls that were her moms (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 17) o Teddy bear earrings (wins them for having lowest score on quiz at Crystals shower (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 23) o Waterproof watch (since she wears it while on Jet Ski) (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 188) o Earrings from U of Chicago bookstore from Patricklook like the earth as blue marbles; lightweight (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 110) Miscellaneous:
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    rug from Scan in March of 11th grade, when the family is out furniture shopping for the renovation (#21: Almost Alice, p. 135) Redecorated Room (Round 2) At very end of July before college, she comes home unexpected from cruise job to find Dad and Sylvia redoing her room, knowing she was ready to change the jungle theme: ocean blue walls now (the color Alice loved last spring when she and Sylvia were picking out a shade for the powder room), and Sylvia suggests new bedspread, curtains, and things from Crate and Barrel (#25: Alice on Board, p. 245) Gifts & Birthday Details 8th birthday from Lester: a cactus (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 34; #3: Alice in Rapture, p. 103) An unspecified X-mas in her youth: U.S. puzzle map from Uncle Milt (#6: Alice in April, p. 128) 4th-grade Christmas (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 79): From Les: plastic snake in stocking From Dad: pink sweater with colored stripes; sunglasses with sparkles frames; book about Egyptian mummies; gold and silver pens From Aunt Sally & Milt: dress; thong beach sandals (too big) 4th-grade Valentines Day: a chocolate marshmallow heart from Donald (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 99) 5th-grade Christmas (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 45): From Les: denim pillow with ALICE embroidered in yellow yarn, dot over the i is a daisy From Dad: pink radio, overnight bag From Aunt Sally: lidded basket of soaps First trip to Chicago, from Aunt Sally: a white frilly outfit for Easter that A hates and leaves behind on the train for orphans (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 110) Last day of 6th grade from Mrs. Plotkin: silver and emerald family ring, in gray velvet box, a maternal family heirloom, which is even better than the globe she wanted that Pamela got and A thinks its the most beautiful thing shes yet owned in her life (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 128) 9th birthday: From her friends: glass paperweight, two scrunchies, model airplane, comic book, key chain, box of caramels, and book on volcanoes (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 175) From Lester: a hermit crab; lived for a year (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 103; #7: Alice InBetween, p. 119) 10th birthday (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 165): A Sunday, birthday is horrible: cant have a party because Les has the flu; shed made invitations by hand; Dad takes them out to eat at a Mexican restaurant near the end of May (chap. 19) From Les: disposable camera From Dad: Rollerblades From Sally: box of bubble bath and dusting/talcum powder (talcum powder also mentioned in #4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 167) 11th birthday (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 124, 127, 128): From Donald: some of his comic books From Ollie: jar of jelly beans From Cory: flashlight
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    From Rosalind: purple clay elephant, 3 long, made in India, green and gold and pink spangles From Jody, Dawn, and Megan: bead set, headband, tiny purse From Les; Queen for a day theme; guppies From Dad: $20 inside a wooden box carved with parrots and a jungle motif around edges, which Marie had given Dad and hed been using as a jewelry box (the first special thing she puts in her special box is the card from Sara) Valentines Day, 7th grade: 2-lb. box of Whitmans chocolates from Patrick; yellow box, red ribbon (#5: All But Alice, p. 91) 13th birthday (#7: Alice In-Between, pp. 513): From Patrick: Old English lavender talcum powder (after first giving her his mothers gold and ruby bracelet that was her mothers; A gives it back at Mrs. Longs request) From Pamela & Elizabeth: Gap shirt and matching socks From Dad: Macys gift certificate From Aunt Sally & Uncle Milt: invitation to spend w/in Chicago w/two friends over the summer From Lester: an evening with him, doing whatever she wants (since he forgot her b-day, as usual): dinner at Jean Louis, Porgy and Bess at Kennedy Center, dancing at hotel nightclub From Sylvia: card From Patricks vacations: jade-stoned earrings from Canada summer before 8th grade (#8: Alice the Brave, p. 91); sea shell from Maine before 9th grade (#14: Alice Alone, p. 13) Christmas (probably 7th grade): red and gold vest from Carol (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 115) 8th-grade Christmas (#11: Achingly Alice): From Dad: jeans, CDs, sweaters (p. 26) From Lester: lemon lollipop w/encased bug (small gag gift) and a nice gift (p. 26) From Sylvia: gold whistle on gold chain, first given to her by a favorite uncle (p. 27) From Patrick: ALICE necklace on gold chain (p. 34) From Pamela & Elizabeth: earrings, per their annual tradition (they swap pairs they already own) (p. 36) 8th-grade Valentines Day: 1-lb. Hersheys kiss in her locker, LOVE FROM PATRICK (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 70) Friendship: From Denise: box containing: two silver dollars, bracelet from Hawaii, small crossshaped earrings, her 6th-grade school picture (brings on As dads 50th birthday; #6: Alice in April, p. 145) From Lori Haynes: a silver link bracelet w/green stones when Alice sleeps over in April of 8th grade (#12: A on the Outside, p. 104) From Jill & Karen: care package (Hersheys bar, paperback novel, cassette, notebook and pencil) when shes grounded in July (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 118) 14th birthday (#12: A on the Outside): From Pamela, Elizabeth, Karen & Jill: exchanged earrings, per their annual tradition; Pam and Liz bring balloons to school too (p. 137) From Sam: pickled frogs heart (p. 139) From Lester: fuzzy green octopus w/plastic eyes, red patent-leather shoes, yellow sweater with ALICE printed in pink (p. 145) From Dad: gift certificate for CDs at Melody Inn (p. 146)
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    From Patrick: a late-night serenade outside her window w/his combo, chocolate kisses, and her first kiss in her pajamas (pp. 148150) From Aunt Sally & Uncle Milt: an old gold locket of Maries with one of her hairs in it (pp. 150151) (starts wearing it often in 9th grade; #15: Simply Alice, p. 29) From Dad & Sylvia: black velvet ribbon choker w/lace and pearls, from his trip to England (#14: Alice Alone, p. 14) 15th birthday (#15: Simply Alice): Dad gives her the day off (p. 180) From Lester: Takes her to Tony n Tinas Wedding in Baltimore the night (Friday) before her birthday (chap. 12) From Aunt Sally & Uncle Milt: money (she buys new dress, short, backless, creamcolored sheath, halter neck; Marilyn goes shopping for it w/her) (p. 165) From Pam & Liz: earrings (p. 180) From Eric: balloons (p. 180) From Molly: treats her to the movies (p. 180) From Sylvia: framed photo of the two of them from White Flint Mall shopping stint (p. 182) Wedding party gift from Sylvia: delicate bracelet of jade and silver (#17: Including Alice, p. 107) 10th-grade Christmas (#17: Including Alice): From Lester: certificate for driving lessons and a $20 bill, presented in hood of a miniature 36 Mercedes convertible (p. 256) From Sylvia: she knitted Alice a green sweater, ruffled edges on cuffs and boat neck; later that night, she gives her the scrapbook shes started making for her, hand covered in blue gingham: first page contains Passing By; 2nd the photo of Alice that Sylvia took on her first day of 7th grade; also contains some of As coursework, program from the first sing-along Sylvia went to with them, ribbon from first present A gave Sylvia; half full, half the pages blank, and Sylvia asks if she can keep filling it in with things shed like to remember about Alice (pp. 256, 260) From Dad: the real shocker: a cell phone, silver (p. 257) 16th birthday (#18: Alice on Her Way, chap. 21): A Friday; Dad asked if she wanted a big party, but Al was noncommittal; shes disappointed when nothing at all special happens all day at school, since the ritual is that your friends usually decorate your locker and give you sweets, flowers, stuffed animalsthe more popular you are, the more extravagant; but at the end of the day, her friends send her all over the place via a series of notes and end up back at her house for a party with: Dad, Sylvia, Liz, Pam, Gwen, Molly, Brian, Sam, Mark, Jill, Karen, Lori, Leslie, Patrick; Mexican buffet; goes on until seven From Dad & Sylvia: $160 check; dressy beaded purse (p. 266) From Sam: hes waiting at her locker in the morning with flowers, a mini box of Godiva chocolates, and framed photo his mom took from the night of the dance (he has an enlargement hanging over his bed) From Liz & Pam: two pairs of thong panties From Gwen: snow globe with her picture inside From Friends: bunch of small, silly gifts From Les: turquoise silk robe, Tracy helped pick it out (p. 265) From Sallys family: big box of bath oils, soaps, and powders; Carol chose it (p. 267) 11th-grade Christmas (#20: Dangerously Alice): From Lester: red flannel nightgown, high neck, white ruffle at collar and cuffs from Nordstrom, which she exchanges for red silk pajamas (pp. 278, 282)
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    17th birthday (#21: Almost Alice, chap. 16): She didnt want a party, feels shes getting too old for much fuss, but Marilyn, Jack, and David come home from work with Dad, and Sylvia bakes her a German chocolate cake; Greek food delivered from Levantes, followed by Jack and Marilyn singing; Sally and Milt call, report that Carol is engaged, Sally recites the poem she wrote for Alice; Patrick gave her a birthday kiss before school; got money as her gifts, so she could buy new prom shoes and such (p. 240) 12th-grade Christmas (#23: Alice in Charge): From Patrick: green lambs wool scarf (p. 301) From Sally: gift card (p. 308) 18th birthday (#24: Incredibly Alice, chaps. 26 & 27): Spends it with Patrick, first at her senior prom, then three-hour round-trip limo drive to the Bay Bridge, which is meaningful to her because its the farthest theyve ever traveled together; they get a picture at the topmost point of the bridge on the way back High School Graduation: laptop (#25: Alice on Board, p. 6) 19th birthday (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 50): Dinner of favorite foods at home with family; Les comes to town to join them, announce his engagement; for her gift, she asks to bring friends to his wedding 21st birthday (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 153): Everyone makes big deal out of it; Dave takes her to fancy restaurant/stay in hotel; Pam sends male stripper; Liz sends flowers; next night dinner at home with family, Les comes into town for it, Aunt Sally calls College Graduation (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything): From Dad: Subaru, used, copper (p. 235) From Les: road atlas, flares, $200 worth of gas (p. 236) Masters Graduation From Patrick: gold heart on gold chain necklace (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 258) Halloween Costumes & Events ! 1st grade: Beethoven (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 61) ! 2nd grade: Brahms (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 61) ! 3rd grade (in Takoma Park): gypsy for trick-or-treating; Schubert for school Halloween party (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 54) ! 4th grade: Bach (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 61); but only for the school partyits raining Halloween night and she goes to only two houses with Donald (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 25) ! 5th grade: Mozart (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 61); same tuxedo jacket as previous years, but with a wig this year too; attends Jodys sleepover Halloween party on a Saturday night, coming in costume, trick-or-treating with the girls, hamburgers after; when none of her friends know who shes supposed to be, she decides to start picking her own costumes from now on (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 2728) ! 6th grade (in Silver Spring): back of 2-pc. horse costume with Pamela (#2: Agony of Alice, chap. 8) ! 8th grade, for haunted house event at school: showgirl: Pamelas black net stockings, Mrs. Prices black suede platform shoes; Carols hand-me-down black nylon sarong skirt; Mrs. Joness orange jersey top and peacock feather headdress from Mardi Gras; makeup (#10: Outrageously Alice, pp. 2930) ! 9th grade, for Pennys party: 1920s flapper (w/Pamela in purple and Elizabeth in red; Mrs. Price helps make costumes: plumed sequined headbands, fringed skirts, pastel
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    April Fools Day ! Lester has played pranks on Alice for last 5 years (i.e., since she was 7): pretended he dropped her toothbrush in the toilet; told her FDA had banned chocolate; told her she had head lice in 6th grade (#6: Alice in April, p. 3) ! In 7th grade, she tells him his car his rolling down the driveway when hes only half awake that morning; he tells her theres been a hole in her pants all day (but there has been) (#6: Alice in April, pp. 14, 17) Books Read / Special Literature ! Has 71 books when shes 8 years old (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 3) ! The Prince and the Pauper; Charlottes Web; Pinch (#1a: Starting with Alice: p. 110) ! The Way Things Work (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 47) ! The Incredible Journey; Dad reads it to her at bedtime in 4th grade (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 148) ! Mom read her Little Bear books (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 11) ! She recalls Uncle Milt reading her Angus and the Cat when she was very young, upon reading it herself to Nathan (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 141) ! Grandpa McKinley liked to read her Huckleberry Finn, but she was too young to understand that and would always slide off his lap (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 145) ! Mrs. Plotkin reads books to the class (#2: The Agony of Alice): Sounder (p. 35); The Incredible Journey (p. 76); Watership Down (p. 76) ! The Outsiders (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 92) ! Celebrity Yearbook, with high school photos of famous people; Lesters; Alice and Patrick like to look at it when they first start dating (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 7) ! Goodnight Moon, Little Bears Visit (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 44) (dad read them to her; #15: Simply Alice, p. 178) ! Anonymous poem Passing By (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 47) (her mother used to sing it to her) ! Pre-8th-grade reading list: Sydney Herself; Izzy, Willy Nilly; After the Rain; Like Seabirds Flying Home; Jacob Have I Loved; Send No Blessings (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 141) ! Unexpurgated edition of Tales from the Arabian Nights (Elizabeth takes it from her parents bookshelf in bedroom [#11: Achingly Alice, p. 30]) (#8: Alice the Brave, p. 11 and chap. 2 passim) ! The Giver (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 20)
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    Movies Seen ! A Tarzan movie (on a Sat. night in August, after her 4th-grade year), which she thought was the most exciting, romantic movie ever (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 190) ! Gone with the Wind (the family seems to have it on video; assumed that Alice has seen it in its entirety before now then) (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 38) ! Lawrence of Arabia (thinks she and Les watched this before) (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 93) ! Heathen Born: horror movie she sees 40 minutes of with her friends one Saturday night in June (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 24) Future Plans ! When she was little, wanted to be Smokey the Bear when she grew up (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 40) ! On her wedding night, plans to wear a long red clingy nightgown w/spaghetti straps (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 55) ! Places she thinks shed like to go on her honeymoon (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 8, 10): Disney World, Istanbul, Fairbanks, Leipzig, Sydney, the Amazon ! Places she doesnt want to go on her honeymoon (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 8): Hawaii ! Wants a big kitchen so people can sit around the table, a four-poster bed, and 2 bathrooms and a guest room so Dad/Lester can visit (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 41, 95) ! Although she didnt think shed want any kids in elementary school after hearing pregnancy details from her teacher in 4th grade (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 57, 71), Alice wants 2 boys and 2 girls by the time shes in junior high (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 96); by start of jr. year, wants a career and a family: 2 or 3 kids, with lots of extended family around them and large gatherings at holidays, living close to Dad and Les (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 170) ! Trip to New York stirs a desire in her to see more of the world, be more sophisticated; she liked the city but she liked it best when it was quiet and less populated (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 226)
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    Before sr. year, she still would like to see the world, so long as she can keep ties with home (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 197) But not sure how much of it she really needs to see (#25: Alice on Board, p. 93) Five years from high school graduation, shed like to have graduated from college, maybe with an MA in counseling, looking for a job in a school; if she and Patrick marry, she assumes shell go wherever hes working (#25: Alice on Board, p. 199) Possible Careers o Veterinarian (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 59; #9: Alice in Lace, p. 40) o Basketball player (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 59) (shes a decent basketball player, #4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 75) o Chef (#6: Alice in April, p. 29; #9: Alice in Lace, p. 40) o Waitress (#6: Alice in April, p. 29) o Forest ranger (#6: Alice in April, p. 29) o Amtrak train attendant (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 91) o Teacher (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 40) o Happiest in a job where she could study people, like school counselor or psychiatrist (psychiatry/psychology is the first career Alice seriously considers) (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 93); by book #14: Alice Alone (p. 213), shes narrowed it down to child psychologist so she doesnt have to go to med school but can deal w/problems before they become major o Journalism, since she likes being on the school paper (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 58) o Day before 11th grade starts she definitively decides on being a high school guidance counselor after watching Mrs. Bailey leading freshmen orientation session; plans to talk with her herself once school starts to prepare for this career (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 238) o Still on track with this in 11th gradewants to avoid a doctoral program, with statistics and alland meets with Mrs. Bailey for the first time during Spirit Week to get a feel for how she should prepare (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 26 28) o Journalism reappears in fall of her senior year as possible college major, given how much she enjoys being features editor of the school paper (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 205); after the whole reporting-Amys-incident-in-the-paper debacle, though, she leans solidly back toward counseling (#23, p. 266) o Several experiences in her college years solidify commitment to counselingnot just because its what she studies in college, but her good listening skills and her desire to work with people (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, pp. 66, 102) Undesirable Careers o Medical profession: surgeon/doctor (#6: Alice in April, p. 28; #13: Grooming of Alice, pp. 131, 135); but if she had to, shed choose obstetrician (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 44) o Actress, model, because she hates waiting around (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 129)

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    (In Takoma Park; #1a: Starting with Alice): First friends: Rosalind and Sara; the Terrible Triplets experience; learns multiplication tables up to 12, state capitals, time zones, and principal products; memorizes presidents; field trip to Capitol (p. 21) 4th Grade (In Takoma Park; #1b: Alice in Blunderland): teacher is Mr. Dooley; all the kids thus far mentioned as her friends are in her class; music class is led by a young, new female teacher (p. 35); boys and girls dont interact yet (p. 7); two weeks into school year, female author is a guest speaker (p. 8); Halloween party at school (p. 25); Veterans DayColumbus Day Thanksgiving assembly: 6th grade puts on a play; 5th grade makes a pumpkin treat; 4th grade sings America the Beautiful (p. 35); Valentines Day party (p. 92); on birthdays, kids bring in treats to share with the class (p. 161); school has a library 5th Grade (In Takoma Park; #1c: Lovingly Alice): School doesnt have a nurse; geography lesson is in morning (A learns about Lewis and Clark near end of school year), history, math (A hates the word problems), and spelling in afternoon General Elementary School Notes Parkhaven Elementary School, Silver Spring; goes up to 6th grade; 5th & 6th graders eat lunch together in multipurpose room at noon; lets out at 3:00; school always has a parade before a big Halloween party (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 60) and a pageant/play before the holiday season (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 81) (the 6th graders perform for 160 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders); playground w/rubber swings and jungle gym, where the kids sometimes still gather after theyve gotten older in later books 6th Grade (In Silver Spring hereafter; #2: The Agony of Alice): school starts on September 5, she goes with Elizabeth (p. 24); students seated alphabetically in rows in Mrs. Plotkins class (p. 28); tries to get transferred to Miss Coles class (pp. 2932); Mrs. P reads to the kids every day at 2:30; A gets her wish to be a safety patrol after Mrs. P invites her to be the substitute on Miss Coles patrol team (p. 37); patrol meets each Wed. at lunch in Miss Coles room; as part of Mrs. Ps class, Alice starts a journal (p. 57); A is Mrs. Ps afterschool helper (p. 56) General Junior High Notes 7th8th grades; much larger school than her elementary school, about 300 students (#5: All But Alice, p. 106); two-thirds white, rest blacks and Asians; 40-minute periods, different teachers for different subjects, only electives change at semesters end at end of January; no foreign language classes until high school (#5: All But Alice); lunch over at 12:45 (in 7th grade, at least); school lets out at 2:30; Alice takes bus; a lot more homework; school has its own newspaper, the Eagle; school library split into 2 large rooms; P.E. classes: all 3 grades together, shower stalls have curtains; all teachers get a 40-minute catch-up period each day for paperwork/office hours; in addition to clubs listed individually elsewhere, school has: French Club, Girls Soccer, Science Club; holds student recognition and teacher recognition ceremonies annually, mandatory attendance; named cliques: the Brains, the Jocks, the Bikers, the Barbs (#12: A on the Outside, p. 33); theres an 8th-grade Memory Book (#12: A on the Outside, p. 130)
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    7th Grade Bad first day: water fountain squirts her back (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 165), she sits on a doughnut, squirts a teacher, and slips on the steps (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 1); Alices and Patricks homerooms are next to each other (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 163); the only class they have together is World Studies (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 8); 3 girls have different homerooms (As in room 46A); A & Eliz. also in P.E. together, but A has no classes w/Pamela, until shes transferred into As World Studies class in 2nd semester; Alices classes: Language Arts/English (*1st period, #4: Reluctantly Alice vs. 4th period, #5: All But Alice: studied biography/autobiography after 1st semester; end-of-year unit on poetry), life science, math, P.E., World Studies (history), General Music, nutrition (1st semester), home ec/cooking/gourmet cooking (2nd semester; w/Pamela & Patrick; some of the dishes: pizza, liver, lemon custard), health (includes same-sex-only Our Changing Bodies unit, twice weekly; w/Elizabeth; #5: All But Alice, p. 46); frightening SeventhGrade Sing Day (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 504) 8th Grade 1st semester: Alices classes: English (topics: plays), World Studies (on 2nd floor; topics: pre-Columbian civilizations), health (right before study period; 1st 5-week unit: Critical Choices, the focus of book #9: Alice in Lace; 2nd unit: Responsible Living), study period (right before lunch), algebra (down the hall from Mr. Sorringers office), gym (learns folk dances), home economics (learns sewing); biology (w/Elizabeth, Justin); has 2 classes w/Patrick (#8: Alice the Brave, p. 125); almost all her friends in health class w/her (Pamela, Elizabeth, Patrick, Brian, Mark, Karen, Jill) (#8: Alice the Brave, p. 125); boys and girls start eating lunch at same tables (#9: Alice in Lace, 15); student council hosts a haunted house for Halloween in the gym to raise money for the library (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 1); mid-December school band concert (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 3) 2nd semester: Alices classes: life science/biology (w/Sam; dissect frogs), social studies (w/Sam, Elizabeth, Brian, Jill); topics: persuasive techniques in commercials, prejudice), English (topics: poetry), math, history (an afternoon class); no classes w/Patrick; March 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Prejudice observed (#12: A on the Outside, p. 32), the whole week is CRW (Consciousness-Raising Week) and experiment is run based on hair color: A for dark brown/black (gold circles), B for light brown/ red/dark blond (orange circles), C for light blond/gray (white circles) (#12: A on the Outside, pp. 3637 & chap. 4) General High School Notes ! School is twice the size of jr. high ! Ivy-covered building, with a courtyard (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 34), where annual Ivy Day Ceremony is held, including the Ivy Bearer, Ivy Day Poet, senior class president, principalsymbolic of the seniors having planted their roots at this school ! Oak tree at side of school (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 225); big maple tree in center of circular drive (#24, p. 260) ! Lighted billboard (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 260) ! Student body of around 1,600 (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 134) ! Daily announcements made each morning (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 68) ! Each year starts with a safety assembly on first day of school (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 1) ! Theres some kind of security system/personnel (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 224)
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    By Alices senior year, security guards man the school entrance and attend games (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 131); two regular guys, a third added in November when racial incidents rise (p. 164) Half-day freshmen orientation held before school term starts Alice has to catch a bus 10 minutes earlier than in jr. high, 3 blocks away (Patrick and Pamela get on before her and Elizabeth) School itself is 1.5 miles from home (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 262) First bell rings at 8:20 School lets out at 2:30 (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 165); office stays open till 4:00 (#23, p. 167) Math track: Algebra I (1st semester, freshman yr.), Algebra II (2nd semester freshman yr.), geometry, then physics Lots more homework Statue outside the auditorium, a kiosk at the top of the stairs near there (#15: Simply Alice) Yogurt bar in the cafeteria (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 213) Home arts dept. Physics lab (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 166) Dramatic arts room (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 77) Ground level houses the furnace room, boiler, custodians office, science labs, photo studio, various classrooms; tiled floor; windows (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 165); gym down there too Band room is located on main floor (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 165) Winter concert May is Mad Month due to frantic pace (#15: Simply Alice, p. 182) School seems to get out in early June Seniors will avoid taking the bus at all costs (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 1) Girls locker room is down steps from gym (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 136) Four major dances: o Homecoming: in Oct., casual, at the school; usually only upperclassmen go (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 10) o Snow Ball: early Dec., formal (moved up to end of Nov. in jr. year; back to start of Dec. in sr. year) o Jack of Hearts: February, semi-formal, in school gym Replaced in As jr. year with Sadie Hawkins Day dance, girls choice (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 107), an informal, low-cost event in the gym, including Lil Abnerthemed barbecue dinner and costumes (#21: Almost Alice, p. 53) o Senior Prom (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 33) Spirit Week is first introduced in the school in Alices jr. year, intended to bond students and display loyalty to school and football team (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 10): o Junior year: October: MondayFriday are costume days, Friday night is football game (lose by 3 pts.; #20, p. 31), Saturday is Homecoming Dance (#20, p. 20); this first years lineup is: Mon.: Pajama Day; Tues.: Beach Day; Wed.: Mismatched Day; Thurs.: Wild Hair Day; Fri.: Victorian Day (#20, p. 10) o Senior year: Last week of September (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 29): Mon.: Beach Day; Tues.: Twin Day; Wed.: Garage Band Day; Thurs.: Tacky Day; Fri.: TimeWarp Day and pep rally; four classes pick four themes for hallway decorations: Arabian Nights, Disney World, Chicago Mobsters, the Cosmos (p. 46)
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    9th Grade Patrick is in accelerated program, so no classes together, not even same lunch period 1st semester: Alices classes: Algebra I, Spanish, biology, U.S. history (w/Pamela), English (huge paper due Nov. 3), P.E. (w/Elizabeth), health (w/Elizabeth) 2nd semester: Alices classes: English (1st period; topics: Wordsworth), P.E. (w/Elizabeth and Pamela), biology (w/Eric), history (6th period; w/Karen); as result of newspaper expos, assembly called for hazing problem (#15: Simply Alice, p. 63); ends up with a C- in Algebra I in freshman year (#17: Including Alice, p. 3) 10th Grade Sophomores still have to take P.E. (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 213); theres a student service learning requirement (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 215) 1st semester (#17: Including Alice): the gang all has the same lunch period, even Patrick (p. 37); classes include: Algebra II (p. 3), gym (p. 6), history (p. 10), biology (p. 53), sociology (p. 147), English lit (p. 23; an afternoon class, p. 39); struggling with Algebra II, worried about geometry in junior year and physics in senior year (#17: Including Alice, p. 3) 2nd semester (#18: Alice on Her Way): classes include: some type of science class (1st period, p. 33); American history and Algebra II (male teacher), both in succession, immediately preceding lunch (pp. 5, 6, 59); P.E. (right after lunch, with Pam, Liz, Karen, and Jill, p. 36); Sam and Patrick have a different lunch period than Alices gang this semester (p. 34); no classes with Sam this semester (p. 126) 11th Grade Still has to take bus; neither Pam nor Gwen has a car yet, and Liz doesnt even have her license yet (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 239); homework is heavier and harder than last year (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 6); Lizs locker next to Alices (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 20) 1st semester: o Homeroom check-in with Mr. Hertzel, including daily attendance and announcements, national anthem, Pledge of Allegiance, Karen in same homeroom (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 74) o 1st period: geometry (#20, pp. 6, 166)
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    o 2nd period: World History (male teacher; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 83), with Patrick; they sit together (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 236, 264) o 3rd period: P.E. (specified as before lunch; #20, p. 24) o After-lunch classes: some kind of English class (#20, p. 23) that involves 20th-century poets and novels (#20, pp. 47, 111) o Spanish (#20, p. 77) o 6th period: speech (as her elective), with Mrs. Cary; assignments include: recited poetry, play dialogue, verbally describing things, a persuasive speech on animal cruelty, first con (gets a B) then pro (#20, pp. 80, 83, 8990); Brians in this class with her (#20, p. 88) 2nd semester: o Gym is sometime after lunch (#21: Almost Alice, p. 27) o Accelerated English class (#21: Almost Alice, p. 115) o Geometry (sometime before lunch) (#21: Almost Alice, p. 181) o Sociology (#21: Almost Alice, p. 240); with Pam (p. 243) 12th Grade Starts after Labor Day (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 238) 1st semester: gym class with Gwen, Liz, and Pamlate in the day, right after free period (#23: Alice in Charge, pp. 13, 257, 276); physics; AP English, female teacher (#23, pp. 57, 171); history (#23, p. 245) 2nd semester (#24: Incredibly Alice): o Classes: physics (pp. 103, 170), AP English (p. 34), gym (after lunch, pp. 107, 142), history (p. 257) o Alice alarm goes off at 6:30 a.m. (p. 140) o In January, students protest classic books being put on a restricted reading listcant check out without parental permissionby the temporary librarian at the request of one mother (chap. 6) o Alice planned to be on yearbook staff (p. 95), but had to give it up to be in play (p. 104) o Orchestra concert in May, band concert at end of March, basketball finals mid-March, choir concert in April (p. 123) o End-of-senior-year activities: Alice opts out of Senior Skip Day trip (Friday, May 27) to the beach due to overcast weather, but enjoys Senior Prank Day (Thursday, May 26) until the wrestling teams prankspearheaded by Brianruins it (#24: Incredibly Alice, chap. 29); seniors play Assassins (chap. 30) o Graduation held at Constitution Hall in D.C.; each student gets 4 tickets; Gwen gives valedictory address; Alice tapes I MADE IT, MOM to top of her cap (chap. 30) Education-Related Details ! ! Overall, Alice is a B+ studentgets more Bs than As, but rarely gets Cs, except in math; Dad has always stressed doing her best over achieving a particular number of marks (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 258) Takes the PSAT in October of jr. year (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 37); week before winter break, she gets her very good scores: 199 (reading: 74; math: 48; writing: 77) out of 240, 52 pts. above average (p. 258)
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    College Life ! Dad pays her way (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 230) ! Campus is 30/40 minutes from home (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 258; #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 3for the half hour reference) ! She and Gwen had decided to room together freshman year at U of MD, but Gwen got a great deal off campus as a premed student, so Alice is in the market for a roommate; posts a notice to this effect on Facebook, since the housing office is usually willing to let two people pick each other instead of randomly assigning them, and when Margaret Sanderson replies, asking for references, the girls have a blast making up feedback about her (#25: Alice on Board, start of chap. 12) ! #25: Always Alice: o Starts freshman year prior to September 1 (since Les still home to help her move in, and his new job in WV starts on that date) (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 8) o First dorm room freshman year is pretty hideous (p. 11); washing machines in basement of bldg. (p. 17) o Roommates: Amber (start of freshman year); Abby (sophomore year); Val (junior and senior years); across hall from Abby & Claire jr. year, on 2nd floor o Group of friends in college includes: Val, Abby, Claire, Dave, Andrew, Cole, Pete, Jag, James o Specific classes mentioned: Sociology 101 (p. 21); Human Sexuality, Fundamentals of Design, The Autistic Adolescent, The Social Basis of Behavior (p. 119); Funerals and Fabrications in American Life (p. 156); marriage and family life (p. 193); Old Philosophers, New Age (p. 208) o No Shave November sophomore year (p. 63)
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    o Alices major never really officially declared in bookat one point, seemed like she might have a joint focus on education and counseling (p. 90)and p. 66 does specify counseling o Joins SCOO (Student/Community Outreach Organization, aka So-Come-On-Out) fall of junior year (p. 122): car wash, leaf raking, gift wrappingshe really enjoys community service, bothers her that Dave wont initiate, although hes happy to go along with crowd o Graduates in four years as planned, then continues straight through that summer so that she can earn her masters by the following June (when Patrick graduates from U of Chicago)spring term ended May 17, summer term began May 28 o Gets an efficiency apartment all to herself during grad school (p. 238) o Graduates with no-frills MA that following June (p. 258) Clubs & School Activities All-Stars Fan Club (#5: All But Alice, chap. 4): joins 2nd semester of 7th grade; meets Wed. after school in room 21B; run by a typing teacher; Alice is first member to ever receive a personal item from a star, a sock of Izzys, member of Velvet Pistol (p. 45), eventually trades the sock to Pamela for 2 pairs of earrings (p. 46); writes to authors thereafter (p. 120); doesnt like it much (p. 120), quits within 2 months (p. 131); other members: Pamela, Brian Brewster Earring Club (#5: All But Alice, chap. 7): starts in late Feb. of 7th grade; sponsored by Tiddly Winks; 5member max limit; 1% discount for each member in club, and Alices group has 4 members, so 4% discount for each purchase; have to buy 1 pair a month to stay active; meets on Fridays at Pamelas, shops on Saturdays, then gets together Sundays to try on new pairs; Alice finds it boring and doesnt like that Elizabeth is left out (pp. 74, 120); slowly works her way out of it (pp. 130, 150); members: Alice, Pamela, Jill, Karen Camera Club Signs up in late October of 8th grade (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 9); meets every 2 weeks; $3 membership dues; gets half off film and developing at nearby photoshop with membership card; uses the camera Crystal returned to Les; Dad gives her her first roll of film but tells her shell have to cover the rest of the expenses; convenes in biology lab; sponsored by Mrs. Pinotti; other members: Sam (good photographer); shes better at people than thingsher first subject is Pamela (she really likes two serious shots of her, p. 74); the club gets one page w/5 pics in the 8th-grade Memory Book Explorers Club Attends her first meeting in late October of 8th grade (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 11) but doesnt like it and doesnt continue to attend; club motto: The world is our province; meets in As old World Studies classroom; female lackluster sponsor; 6 members The Edge (High School Newspaper) Weekly staff meetings (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 126) in Room 17 (first called the journalism room in #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 8, next door to a chemistry classroom, p. 9) on Wednesdays (in As jr. year; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 42); sponsor: Miss Ames; comes out every two weeks, on a Tuesday (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 8, 209), 8 pages long; distributed to homerooms before school starts (#21: Almost Alice, pp. 55, 56); the staff often
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    dines at a sub shop across from the printers in Gaithersburg when they drop off the paper (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 62); Alice takes her story notes on steno pads (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 11); by start of As senior year, with a growing reputation and a larger staff (an A team and a B team who will rotate issues), the newspaper headquarters is moved to a larger room on main floor, with two long layout tables, four computers, 8-page weekly now instead of biweekly, Thursday publication (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 10); Question of the Week column (#23, p. 133); Sound Off column added at Alices suggestion in October of her sr. year (#23, p. 134) 1st semester, 9th grade (#14: Alice Alone): A is one of two freshman roving reporters (p. 21); reporters get to take pics to accompany their articles; assignments given out at first meeting of every month, meets weekly; paper frowns on pics of cliques, same people over and over; 4-page paper; As 1st assignment is about the mystery meat in cafeteria (p. 105); paired w/Sam for 2nd assignment: asking 6 kids what theyd give the school for X-mas (p. 170) 2nd semester, 9th grade (#15: Simply Alice): assignment: 3 articles on behind-thescenes happenings of a school production (p. 5) (1st on tryouts [p. 43]; 2nd on pre-show backstage tension [p. 106]; 3rd on production as a team effort [p.128])titled something like Behind the Scenes of a School Production (#17: Including Alice, p. 242); expos on hazing after As experience w/stage crew (pp. 6063); year before A joined, ran article to stop football hazing (p. 60); other staff: Sam (photographer), Nick (editor in chief), Sara (features editor), a news editor, a senior sports editor 10th grade: Alice commits to stay on staff for her sophomore year (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 215); all photos are digital by now (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 13) 1st semester (all from #17: Including Alice): new editor: Jayne Renaldi (p. 43); sports editor: Tony (p. 140), whos also contributing a sports cartoon each issue (p. 242); Alices title is still roving reporter (p. 43); first feature specified in sophomore year is polling students about the one practical thing theyd like to learn before graduation, then publishing the list in the paper, as an accompaniment to Mrs. Fraziers Practical Living class for seniors (p. 44); Jayne has a Halloween party for the staff (p. 138); by end of semester, Miss Ames looking to do more in-depth articles like Alices series last spring, so each staffer assigned a half-page article on any subject they want (p. 243); Alice plans to do a piece titled Who Says? about societal restrictions and expectations that, shes now learned, dont have to be maintained (p. 274) 2nd semester (all from #18: Alice on Her Way): Alice gets good reception for Who Says? (p. 7); then chooses to do a feature on what students worry about the most, but not using students names, so theyll be honest (p. 159) 1st semester, 11th grade: first meeting first day of school; new editor in chief (Scott Lynch) and new features editor (Jacki Severn), who proposes a story on Mollys cancer (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 239241); Alice is still roving reporter for junior class (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 6); in 10-person staff, only four guys this year (Scott, Sam, Don, and Tony), and each of the four roving reporters are girls (#20, pp. 89); As first assignment: get suggestions for next years Spirit Week theme days (#20, pp. 11, 18); in response to Scotts call for fresh ideas, Alice researches and writes The City at Night, about what runaway girls would encounter alone on the streets of Silver Spring (which Dad and Sylvia never find out about) (#20, chap. 13); Scott wants to do a piece on censorship for 2nd semester (#20, p. 257) 2nd semester, 11th grade (all from #21: Almost Alice): does a feature on Day of Silence that appears in first issue after spring break (seems to be her first page 1 story) (pp. 132, 141); when Jacki quits, Alice takes over as features editor (end of March), not just till
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    end of year, but for next year too (pp. 146, 150); Sylvia gives her some nice feedback about her stories and her ideas for the paper, how well she expresses her emotions in them (pp. 147148); Alice names her feature on teachers secrets Would You Ever Guess That ? (pp. 141, 187), which prompts her to want to do a profile on individual teachers next year, one a month (p. 188) 1st semester, 12th grade: Four editors on staff now: Phil Adler (advanced from roving reporter to news editor/editor in chief); Sam Mayer (photography editor); Tim Moss (new sports editor); Alice (features editor) (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 10); Alice first decides to do a feature on religious beliefs based on the discussions led by Shelley at People Care the previous July (#22, Intensely Alice, pp. 170, 174); but her very first feature of the new school year will be Memories of Mark) (#22, p. 266); but that doesnt gel right off the bat (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 3), so her early stories include a profile of the schools new football coach and a feature on relationships (p. 202); this is the semester of the whole Bob White exchange in the paper; eventually, Curtis Butler publishes Standing Up for the White Race on the front page of the 12/16 issue (p. 289); Alice finally writes In Memoriam for Mark on New Years Eve, to be published right after winter break (p. 318) 2nd semester, 12th grade (#24: Incredibly Alice): Alices pieces include: promo for Februarys sock hop, then coverage of the actual dance; story on librarys restricted reading list; What We Leave Behind after spring break (pp. 201202) Drama Club (#14: Alice Alone, pp. 21, 7778): Signs up at start of 9th grade; A only knows Pamela at start, other members dress wild; meets for the first time the Monday of 2nd week of school; sponsored by Mr. Ellis; club reads plays aloud; productions have open auditions to all students, though major parts usually go to club members and seniors at that; most members interested in acting, Molly and Alice only girls want to be on stage crew at start of year (pp. 21, 78); other members: Pamela (drops out 2nd semester), Molly, Richard, Devon, Harry, Ed (all 4 guys on stage crew); unbeknownst to them, initiation for new members is getting tattooed (#15: Simply Alice, p. 54); #18: Alice on Her Way: one major production each springrotate among a senior play, an operetta, a musical; if a play, only the seniors can audition; if big musical with lots of parts, open auditions (p. 40); stage crew is always the first to hear what the production will be (p. 42) 9th-grade spring production (#15: Simply Alice): Fiddler on the Roof; open auditions start in mid-February; most parts go to jrs. & seniors; stage crew meeting 3 times a week after school when spring production gets under way, every day as it draws closer (p. 7); A assigned to sets, props, and publicity (p. 10); 4 performances 3 weeks after spring vacation in April (p. 101); two acts, 9 scene stages in first, 8 in second (p. 106); Dad and Lester and Eric come for 2nd performance (p. 108), all her friends for last performance (p. 110); Alice must go on for Charlene as Tzeitel in 2nd act of last show, her understudy has the flu (p. 111); cast party that night at Goldes house, A gets award for Most Grace Under Pressure, they give Mr. Ellis mini gold-plated fiddle from Melody Inn, Faith isnt there (pp. 114115) 10th grade: Alice thinks shell stay in the club as a crew member in her sophomore year too (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 215); she does (chooses to be on set committee), and she gets Pamela (on props committee) to rejoin with her in 2nd semester; club meets in a rehearsal room once a week, then every day plus weekends once the spring production is two weeks away; other members: Harry (set manager), Chris (set committee), Molly (in charge of electrics), Charlene (costume manager), Faith (props manager); still led by Mr. Ellis; play is Father of the Bride (playing last weekend in March/first weekend in April), casting seniors
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    only, per the clubs rules; Alice gets a sore throatmisses final performance and the cast party (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 4043, 150151) 11th grade: On stage crew (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 6); spring production this year is Guys and Dolls (#21: Almost Alice, p. 9), six performances over the last two weekends (Thurs., Fri., Sat.) in April; auditions on March 1012, callbacks on March 13, roles posted March 14 (#21, p. 87); Mr. Ellis again runs the show, with choir led by Mr. Gage, choreography by Miss Ortega, and school orchestra supplying the music (with Patrick on percussion); Molly is prop manager (p. 95); Pam is Kelsey Reevess understudy for Adelaide (p. 98); Alice helps with set painting and is Pams personal dresser (pp. 155, 190); cast party at Sky Mastersons big house in Kensington is night of final performance, Sat., April 26th, Pam attends with Tim and Alice takes Patrick; skits, parodies, performances (p. 207) 12th grade: Book #24: Incredible Alice: First meeting of semester on Monday, Feb. 7; spring production announced: Cheaper by the Dozen (p. 67); Mrs. Cary invites Alice to be on the set design committee (p. 68), but she decides to audition for Anne instead (p. 72); two days of female tryouts (p. 84) followed by two days of male tryouts (Mon.Thurs., Feb 14 17), with results posted Friday, Feb. 18; roles: Father: Brad Broderick, Mother: Elizabeth, Anne: Alice, Ernestine: Pam, Martha: Chassie, Lillian: Angela, Miss Brill: Jenny, Mrs. Fitzgerald: Penny, Dr. Burton: Sam, Frank Jr.: Jay, Fred: Tim, Larry: Ryan (p. 103); rehearsals every day except Saturdays & Sundays (p. 106); performances on two Fridays and Saturdays: April 8, 9, 15 & 16 (p. 106); Amy joins stage crew, on props committee (p. 110) Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) Active at school only since fall of Alices junior year (#21: Almost Alice, p. 32); she joins 2nd semester of 11th grade, to fulfill her promise to Lori (#21, p. 11); attends her first meeting on a Thursday in February (#21, p. 30); Alices article on the Day of Silence appears in The Edge in early April, and then the event is observed on Friday, April 11 (two weeks before the national observance), with supporters wearing armbands (Gwen wears one; Liz and Pam dont) and a little ceremony at the end of the day (#21, pp. 166167); in Alices senior year, the school observes National Coming Out Day on October 11adorns the front entrance with a rainbow and distributes rainbow armbands (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 72) Student Jury Activated at school at the start of Alices senior year; Alice is recommended to serve on it (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 11); supervised by vice principal Mr. Gephardt, teachers rotate as faculty advisers; 1 or 2 times a month, Wednesdays after school; five-member panel of just juniors and seniors: Lori Haynes, Darien Schweitzer, Kirk Manning, Murray Hardesty, and Alice (#23, pp. 11, 35); meets in a conference room across from the school library (#23, p. 233); hears three cases in book #23: sophomore boy making a mess in cafeteria (p. 36); sophomore girl caught shoplifting (p. 139); freshman kid messing up boys bathroom (p. 235) Student Safety Council Begun in Alices senior year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 64); meets at 3:154:15 on Fridays in G-108; faculty adviser: Gordon Bloom (#23, p. 167); Alice is not a member, but when she tries to research it for an Edge feature, she discovers it was disbanded before it ever took offjust 5 guys and 2 girls, mostly concerned with self-defense (#23, p. 168) Trips, Vacations & School Break Activities
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    General Notes: Farthest west shes gone is Chicago, farthest east Ocean City (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 11) (though traveled to Tenn. over Thanksgiving for Uncle Charlies wedding, then back again for his funeral, in book #1a: Starting with Alice); cant recall ever having been on an airplane (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 41) 3rd-grade spring break (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 137): Lester takes her to two of the Smithsonian museums; she gets lost 6th-grade spring vacation (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 99 & chaps. 1416): Goes to Chicago for a week on the Capitol Limited line to visit Aunt Sally, Uncle Milt, Carol; Carol gives her a haircut, takes her shopping; goes to an aquarium, planetarium, Field Museum, Buckingham Fountain, Macys, Lake Michigan, Greek restaurant, Museum of Science and Industry, Art Institute Family vacation in summer after 6th grade (#3: Alice in Rapture, chaps. 1011): they were planning to rent a cottage in Bethany Beach (#2: The Agony of Alice), but they actually spend the last week of August at Janices empty beach house in Ocean City; Pamela and Elizabeth come along; Lester can only join them for the weekend b/c of his work schedule, but he brings along Patrick for 1 day; Dad strikes up a friendship with the woman in the next cottage, Helen Lake Summer after 7th grade (#7: Alice In-Between, chap. 11): The 3 girls take Amtrak to Chicago in July; Pamela needs to be rescued from Bill Donovan; Carol takes them to the north side of town for shopping, to an impersonators show; they go to museums and the zoo, take the el to the Loop, Lake Shore Drive, Chicago Harborhave a great time; they return on July 22 Summer after 7th grade, early August (#8: Alice the Brave, chaps. 5 & 6): camping w/Dad, Miss Summers, Elizabeth, and Pamela; overnight on a Saturday; in a meadow at base of Sugarloaf Mountain, near a creek; make smores, sing songs, hikea magical trip Summer after 9th grade (#16: Patiently Alice): Camp Overlook, near Cumberland, MD, in Appalachians (see details in Jobs & Volunteer Work section below); longest shes been away from home (3 weeks) 10th-grade school trip (#18: Alice on Her Way): for any history students (p. 183), in April (p. 170), to New York City: the foursome is excited, all sharing one room (p. 11); in preparation, they scan a Village Voice Pams cousin sent her for clubs, laughing at all the raunchy ads and making plans for how to break out one night (pp. 154155); much to Pams dismay, her mom is one of the chaperones (p. 171); group departs on two buses very early Friday morning (p. 179), scheduled to leave New York at five p.m. on Sunday, with an estimated trip time of five hours (p. 180); stay at a Holiday Inn (p. 183), at student rate (p. 184), Alices group on the 7th floor, in room 714, with a view of the neighboring bldg.s air-conditioning system on the roof (pp. 184185, 195); itinerary: Friday: Tenement Museum in afternoon, then either Times Square or Central Park at night (girls choose Central Park, see Tavern on the Green); Saturday: Ellis Island (via ferry from Battery Park, where A sees Statue of Liberty for first time [p. 213]), on off-Broadway play at night (either one-woman Dickinson show or oneman Gershwin showAlice and Sam pick Gershwin; the rest of the girls see the other show); Sunday: optional jog in Central Park, Metropolitan Museum of Art (which A loves), UN headquarters (floors her); meals on the run (p. 185) or box meals provided; along the way, the students get a look at Rockefeller Center, Empire State Bldg. (p. 186); the Friday night escape includes subway ride, walk in NYU district, sighting of a transgendered person, food and cocktails at a club with a live band and an underwear party; other students we know who participate: Sam, Tony, Tim, Molly, Faith, Harry, Chris, Justin, Jill, Brian, Mark, Karen, Charlene; Mr. Corona, a history teacher, seems to be the lead faculty member; overall, the experience leaves Alice wanting to be different than she was before shed had it, aware that
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    you need to change and grow as you learn new things and evolve (p. 234); departure time delayed due to Mrs. Jones (p. 235), return home around 11:00 (p. 238) Post-10th-grade vacation (#19: Alice in the Know): Mr. Jones takes Pam, Liz, and Alice along with him and Meredith to Rehoboth Beach, DE, for a four-day weekend (p. 118), from Friday, August 19, to Monday, August 22 (pp. 160, 200); stay in a yellow cottage a friend lent him, 3 blocks from beach (p. 165); Alice learns to duck the waves (pp. 168169); they get an old-time photo taken, each purchasing one print (pp. 177178); buy fancy straw hats (p. 182); play beach volleyball (p. 185); Jet Ski for the first time (p. 185); escape the older, intoxicated guys from the bumper cars (p. 198); and generally have a great time; Bill and Meredith get engaged there (p. 179) September of 11th grade (#19: Alice in the Know): Flies to TN the day after Less party (Sat., Sept. 10th) to see her dying grandfather; Paul drives them all to National Airport, direct flight 3651 to Nashville; book ends while theyre still there (chap. 18); Alice misses a few days of school that first full week of her jr. year (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 13) 11th-grade spring break (#21: Almost Alice, p. 99): week of March 1721: Works afternoons at the Melody Inn for Dads spring clearance sale July 813, summer before 12th grade (#22: Intensely Alice): Chicago, for Carols wedding, then some time with Patrick (see details of both incidents below) Freshman-year spring break: jam-packed: first 3 days in New York with Pamela, meeting her new friends and going to shows; an evening in Georgetown with Valerie, Abby, and Claire; an overnight in my bedroom back in Silver Spring; a visit to Valeries family in Frederick; a wild last-minute trip to Philly to meet Abbys cousin on leave from the navy; a Saturday helping out at the Melody Inn; and finally, the last rainy Sunday at home, going through boxes in attic with Sylvia (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 43) Summer break freshman year: stays home and works part-time (see also Jobs section below) Summer break sophomore year: catering job in Eugene, OR, post-sophomore year: Saturday Market, goes to ocean, tubing on Willamette River (see also Jobs section below); few days with Dave up in mountains when she comes home Summer break junior year (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, chap. 10): ! 10-day trip with Liz and Pam to Californialeave day after Daves graduation: o Train out there (California Zephyr), fly back o Layover in Chicago: have lunch with Sally & Milt at Japanese restaurant, see Sears Tower o Arrives in San Francisco; stay at same Holiday Inn on way in and way out o Travel with 5 guys, one of whom becomes Lizs husband o Rent a sky-blue Honda, Pam does most of driving, flat tire on Route 1 (none of the girls knows how to change a tire) o See Yosemite, Sequoia National Park, L.A., Universal Studios, Rodeo Drive, movie star house tour, Disneyland, Hearst Castle, Carmel, Monterey Peninsula ! Followed by part-time job at U (see Jobs section below) and house-sitting for Dad and Sylvia when theyre in France, which is when she first starts to doubt her long-term compatibility with Dave Winter break senior year (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, chap. 13): Alice visits Sally & Milt for a few days (two nights) after Christmas, but then on her way to Oklahoma City to meet up with Val, runs into Patrick at OHare, where they reconnect and reunite, delaying the 2nd leg of her journey a bit

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    Early May weekend of graduate school year: First time seeing Les & Stacys place in West Virginia; Alice drives down for an overnight stay with Dad & Sylvia; they tour Basswood facility, walk to river, fish in morning (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 248) Honeymoon (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, chap. 17): One-week trip to Ireland: Dublin, National Museum, pubs, Grafton Street, Dublin Castle, Trinity College, southeast Ireland and countryside, Newgrange, Kilkenny. New Orleans in November: Week before Thanksgiving when Alices and Lizs kids are selfsufficient enough to get themselves ready for school, they attend an IRA (International Reading Association) conference in New Orleans, and Pam and Gwen join them (chap. 21); humorous Marcel incident See Alices Family Life and Relationship with Patrick below for trips with Patrick and kids Firsts ! 1st bike: Uncle Milt bought it for her after her mom died (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 44) ! 1st time called to principals office: 3rd grade (twice) (#1a: Starting with Alice: pp. 91, 159) ! 1st time she sees a sonogram: Mr. Dooleys baby in January of her 4th-grade year (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 89) ! 1st time she tries to cook real food, she puts glue paste in Mrs. Nolinstocks recipe for spaghetti sauce (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 179181) ! 1st time she ever hears of someone shoe polishing their sneakers is when Aunt Sally does soand leaves behind the bottle of white polishupon a visit to MD (has to be her first and only visit by book #3, so X-mas of As 3rd-grade year) (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 151) ! 1st time at the ocean: recalls going right after moving to MD (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 157) ! 1st learns that women have to shavetheir legs particularlyat Jodys Halloween party in 5th grade, where she tries it on one leg for the first time before Jody tells her she has to keep doing it once she starts (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 3032) ! 1st hears about a period when shes 7 (recalled in both #1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 41, and #2: The Agony of Alice, p. 11), when Les tells her that its a comma without a tail; gets the actual explanation from Dad at dinner one night in November of 5th grade (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 4142) and then receives much more detailed info from the book A Girl Grows Up at Rosalinds sleepover in February (#1c, chap. 8) ! 1st period: gets it in Chicago over spring break when shes 11 (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 112) ! 1st hears that some girls dont get their periods by 18 from Pamela (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 54) (but Dad did say some might not get it until 16 or later during their first conversation about menstruation in #1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 42) ! 1st experience with tampon: told in retrospect in book #18 (Alice on Her Way, p. 321): Pamela coached her her first time, said If you got it in, you can get it out ! 1st real sex talk Dad has with Alice, after her assignment from her friends to find out how sperm gets into a woman, following her exposure to Rosalinds booklet about menstruation (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 6869) ! 1st train ride: 6th-grade spring vacation, to Chicago (#2: The Agony of Alice) ! 1st bra: Carol buys it for her in Chicago when shes 11 (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 111) ! 1st real pair of jeans: Les takes her shopping for Levis at start of 6th grade (#2: The Agony of Alice, pp. 2022)

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    1st learns about nocturnal emissions in May of 8th grade from Lester when he shares an embarrassing story about how Aunt Sally caught him trying to wash his sheets (#12: A on the Outside, pp. 131132) 1st learns what a hermaphrodite is from Lester when shes 14 (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 175) 1st time she swims in the deep end: at Mark Stedmeisters Labor Day party before 8th grade (#8: Alice the Brave, pp. 103, 108), after lessons w/Lester (pp. 97101) 1st fight w/Patrick: he calls off their engagement in 8th grade after she calls him a snob (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 30) 1st time Alice initiates a kiss w/Patrick (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 46) is in response to him asking her to (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 43) the day after Less 21st b-day; she hits the side of his nose 1st time anyone suggests she has a color: Pamela, when applying makeup (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 43) 1st time Dad says hes disappointed in her: when she disobeys him by going to school with green spiked hair (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 69) 1st one of the 3 girlfriends to be a bridesmaid (#10: Outrageously Alice) 1st sexual sensations: during first official drum lesson from Patrick (#11: Achingly Alice, pp. 4849) 1st sees how a grown woman puts on a bra when Carol visits in 8th grade (#12: A on the Outside, p. 20) 1st time she and her dad stay mad at each other for more than a day: after she lies to him about Pamela (the blowup is on a Fri. night, they talk it out by Sun. night) (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 101) 1st gets access to e-mail when Les gives her his old computer, since she really wants to be able to keep in touch w/Pamela, who she thinks is gone for good to Colorado (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 188) 1st real party (apart from friends over for b-days): coed sleepover at start of 9th grade; all guests listed on pp. 4546 (#14: Alice Alone, chap. 4, p. 48) 1st Jewish Sabbath: w/the Weinsteins in spring of 9th grade (#15: Simply Alice, pp. 102 103) 1st time eating Afghani food (presumably): weekend after school play in 9th grade, w/Dad, Pam, and Liz (#15: Simply Alice, p. 128) 1st time learning to canoe is at Camp Overlook (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 80) 1st time line dancing: at the White Rooster while at camp (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 91); possibly Pamelas & Elizabeths first time too; A isnt too good at it, but she has fun (she has square danced, though, in gym in 3rd grade [#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 51]) 1st time horseback ridingfirst time on a farm, actually, first time she even sees a horse up close: Camp Overlook; Alice is the only asst. counselor there whos never ridden; chosen to demonstrate how to do it for the kids with Richard Harrigan helping her (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 108) 1st time rappelling: during the preview Kelpie Hunt at Camp Overlook; first time for Pam and Liz too; only 10 ft. (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 138) 1st time skinny-dipping: at Camp Overlook (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 121), but she doesnt refer to the incident as such until book #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 2) 1st item from Victorias Secret: the strapless bra Sylvia buys her to wear with her bridesmaid dress (#17: Including Alice, p. 20) 1st discovers she has cheekbones when her makeup is done for Dads wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 68)
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    1st time in a limo: morning of Dads wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 69) 1st time shes sure shes seen Lester in a suit, not just a sport coat: Dads wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 84) 1st time Dad doesnt say good-bye to her: on way to his honeymoon after the reception (#17: Including Alice, p. 104) 1st time Alice feels included in the new family with Sylvia: decorating the X-mas tree on an evening a week before the holiday (#17: Including Alice, p. 245) 1st time Les presents her with an article of clothing: her 16th birthday, now that shes a young lady (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 263) 1st time she sees Les as a full grown man: looking at him in his suit, holding Tracys hand, at Marilyns wedding (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 302) 1st time she thinks about color in a meal: when she cooks dinner for the family and everything is white (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 62) 1st time on the posh River Road: a Monday night drive with the gang in August prior to jr. year (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 83) 1st time on a Jet Ski: when shes 16, at Rehoboth Beach; she loves it but gets stuck out on the water alone when she cant find her way back to the starting point (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 185193) 1st time shes fired: from Hechts; teaches her a lesson about working in the real world (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 204) 1st airplane ride: to Nashville, at start of jr. year, when Grandpa McKinley dies; shes terrified of flying, Lessitting next to her a few rows behind Dad and Sylviacalms her a bit (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 259263) 1st time she sees a real flash of anger in Sylvias face: when Alice goes ballistic on her at the end of Nov. in 11th grade, when Sylvias retirement dinner plans interfere with Alices planned Girls Night Out (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 116) 1st time she keeps something big from Dad: that she was in the closet when he and Sylvia made love one night, which Les convinces her to keep to herself (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 129) 1st time driving others in a busy area: Girls Night Out in early December of jr. year, when Alice is allowed to take the group in Dads car to Wisconsin Ave. in Georgetown on a Tues. night (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 157) 1st motorcycle ride: On the back of Steves Kawasaki Ninja, on a warm Dec. day in 11th grade; no helmet; more nervous than exhilarated (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 169171) 1st time she hears people are supposed to bring someone else with them when getting bad news from a doctor, since you dont absorb all of what you hear: from Gwen, when she explains to Alice that she may have been too premature in her optimism about Mollys cancer (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 182) 1st hears the expression Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free? from Aunt Sally, who has reservations about Carol moving in with Larry (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 282) 1st time she strokes a males penis directly and intentionally: Patricks, on the bench in front of Botany Pond, their night on campus together (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 114) 1st time she meets a self-proclaimed atheist: Mavis, at the People Care soup kitchen (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 156) 1st time she has a snippy exchange with, and then rather hangs up on, Gwen (over Alices remarks about attending the Snow Ball with refugee Daniel) (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 60) 1st time she pretty much tells Patrick she loves him: the night he comes home for Christmas in her sr. year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 299)
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    Promises ! Alice makes Rosalind, Sara, Megan, Jody, and Dawn promise on their word of honor to never, ever tell her secret about Lisa Shane or Lisa could get hurt (even though the whole Lisa story is a lie Les told his sister); they then call themselves the Secret Six; Jody is the one who eventually breaks the promise (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 74, 123) ! After Carols elopement, Dad has Alice and Les promise that if they ever plan to do anything shockinglike getting a tattoo, buying a motorcycle, or bungee jumping theyll give him some warning and break it to him gently (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 146) ! In order to ease Dads mind about letting the kids be unattended after school every day, Alice promises to come straight home every day, to call Dad the minute she walks in, to not stop anywhere, to lock the door, and to never use the stove or oven (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 197) ! Vows to herself that if she ever meets a suitable match for Dad, shell secretly arrange for them to meet and never let them (or Les) know it was planned (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 75) ! Before moving to Silver Spring, she promises Rosalind that shell always remain one of her best friends, even if they never see each other again (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 160) ! Alice & Patrick pledge that hell call her on her 21st birthday and make a date for New Years (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 164) ! The 3 girlfriends promise that they can share any secrets and never laugh at one another over them, at least till the end of high school (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 78); Liz sticks to the promise in book #16: Patiently Alice (p. 146) by sharing the details of her encounter with Ross ! After Les frets about the consequences of losing Marilyns apt. key, Patrick promises that if he and Alice still like each other when theyre 20, and if he has a key to her apt. but she
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    Jobs & Volunteer Work ! Starts working at Melody Inn on Sat. mornings by book #3: Alice in Rapture for $3/hour (p. 21); works 3 hours, 9:00 A.M. to noon (arrival time of 9:00 is first mentioned in #12: A on the Outside, p. 107) ! Starts baby-sitting neighborhood kids when shes 12, in book #3: Alice in Rapture; in 3rd week of July Mrs. Benton hires her for Tues. & Thurs. afternoons (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 43) ! Summer between 8th and 9th grades: volunteer candy striper at Suburban Hospital, with Gwen (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 7); orientation starts 2nd week of vacation (p. 22): wears a coral jacket and ID badge, must work at least one 4-hour day a week, take a TB
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    Allowance/Money ! In 6th grade, at 11, Alice gets around $3, for she buys Miss Cole a $3 barrette (but w/10% discount), which she says takes basically all of her weekly allowance (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 42) ! In 7th grade, at 12, $10 a week (but A pays for her own cafeteria food out of that and her salary from Melody Inn) (#5: All But Alice, p. 73) ! Has about $30 to her name in fall of 8th grade (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 98) ! Dress for Crystals wedding costs her $50 (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 14) ! Throughout book #18 (Alice on Her Way), shes mindful of paying her own wayfor example, she gets her own movie ticket with Sam since he got the Starbucks bill (p. 18); she pays the diner check since he buys gas for the car (p. 128); she repays Rosalind for buying her lunch (p. 134) Medical/Health Background & Sicknesses/Ailments ! Had a checkup in the fall of 2nd grade in Chicago, male doctor, in which she asked if her ears were okay, on account of her tone deafness (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 34) ! Stomach flu in Takoma Park; 1st time Dad alone has to care for her (#1a: Starting with Alice, chap. 12) ! Her pediatricians office in Takoma Park had clowns and elephants on the walls (#6: Alice in April, p. 37) ! Falls on playground in March of 5th grade; scrapes her right arm and is tended to by Miss Otis; when she pretends to still feel really bad that afternoon to get Dad to come to pick her up so he can meet the pretty secretary, her plan backfires, with Les coming instead (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 7884) ! Stomach flu 3 days before 7th grade starts; Mrs. Eggleston takes care of her (#3: Alice in Rapture, pp. 149151)
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    Still has feelings for him off and on; wonders how she compares to Marcie (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 4142) Book #20: Dangerously Alice: During Spirit Week, seeing Penny, Alice is surprised to realize shes still not over their breakup (p. 22); doesnt know if hes still seeing Marcie (p. 83); Patrick is too busy to hang with the group much throughout the book, but he disapproves of Tony Osler and he happily surprises her on New Years Day by inviting her to her junior prom in May (p. 293) Book #21: Almost Alice: At start of book, five months before Patricks senior prom, shes not sure exactly how she feels about this recent turn of eventsshe knows Patrick has always been special to her, but not necessarily how special or whyso she just wants to take things at face value and enjoy the experience (p. 6); she invites him to Sadie Hawkins dance but he cant go due to a band quintet engagement at a Kiwanis Club charity dance (p. 15); on Valentines Day of 11th grade, he puts a white rose and card in her locker, which confuses her and thrills her and makes her feel guilty all at the same time (p. 45); takes her to a dinner theater murder mystery over spring break (chap. 8), ending the evening with a movie-star kiss (p. 124); Ben really likes Patrick (p. 111); stops by the night the remodeling has been unveiled and they share a romantic experience in front of the new fireplace (p. 131); hes jealous when he thinks David is her date for the play; they attend the Guys and Dolls cast party together and kiss in the car afterward, but Patricks headache gets in the way (p. 208); then the book ends with his senior prom (for details, see chap. 18) Book #22: Intensely Alice: Since shes flying out to Chicago in July with her family for Carols wedding anyway, she concocts a plan to steal a few days with Patrick on campus (p. 9); they plan to meet downtown at noon on Sunday (p. 48); chapter 8: visit starts with a walk to the beach from the meeting point at Water Tower Place, frolicking in the water, pretzels on a bench, bus ride to his residence hall; shower then dinner at the Med with three of his new friends; after they leave, they etch their names and the datein a heart, with an arrowin the tabletop to commemorate this visit; chapter 9: walk all around campus, he buys her a pair of earrings at the bookstore as a memento, they chat near a pond, make out and pet (farther than theyve ever goneeach climaxes) there late at night; without a place for her to sleep, she ends up on the couch in his suite; hes got class at 9:00 the next morning, so shes on her own until they bid farewell at noon, her feelings for him stronger than ever; he comes home just for the day to attend Marks funeral (p. 252); he e-mails her at the end of the book , asking for a picture of her wearing the earrings he bought her (p. 268) Book #23: Alice in Charge: Despite their continued closeness while hes at college, they have an understanding that she isnt to give up anything in her senior yearthat they should see other people too (p. 5); they talk regularly on the phone during first semester; a very romantic call occurs in late October, when they look at the full moon at the same time (p. 140); news that his parents are moving to Wisconsin devastates her; but hell come back to be her prom date and he spends as much time with her as he can over his Christmas visit; she uses the word love for the first time on Dec. 23rd (p. 299); admit their desire for each other on the night of Dec. 26th, out on the back porch, talk about what the first time should be like (p. 305); by end of book, shes more attached to him than ever, wanting to be wherever he is, be with him as often as she can Book #24: Incredibly Alice: They talk regularly on phone; prom still set, but he cant come back for spring breakhas to spend some time with his parents before leaving for Spain in the summer; when Alice gets rejected by W&M, hes the one she calls, and he talks her through it, tells her he loves precisely because shes her, because she loves
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    o They honeymoon for one week in Ireland (go back 26 years later, summer after Patricias wedding, for the other planned week, p. 484) o Its a very happy young marriage (p. 293), even though it does take Alice some time to learn things, like unsuccessfully trying to surprise Patrick on their 1st anniversary (p. 295); they leave notes for each other around the house (p. 297) o Only one serious temptation of infidelity in the marriage: Patricks attraction to Helene (p. 365) o Celebrate 25th wedding anniversary snorkeling in the Caribbean (p. 471) o Surprises her with return trip to Caribbean for her 60th birthday celebration (p. 511) Relationship with Sam All details below are from book #18: Alice on Her Way unless specified otherwise, for entirety of their actual romantic relationship spans this book, from January to May of 10th grade. ! Sam and Alice first meet in 8th grade, in Camera Club; hes always liked her, and they remain friends before, during, and after their respective relationships with Jennifer and Patrick (for more details about his crush on her before book #18: Alice on Her Way, see Sams character blurb below) ! On a Friday night in January of sophomore year, an evening at the mall to complete an Edge assignment turns romantic, with Alice experiencing Sam in a different way for the first time: they interview students, have drinks at Starbucks, go to a movie (The Silent Dark), and kiss at the end of the night (chap. 2) ! He asks her to the Jack of Hearts dance that following Monday morning at school (#18, p. 33); dinner for four first at his condo, with his mom cooking and serving; lots of dancing and some kissing at the dance; Alice notes how hes prone to serious conversations; after the dance he confides that hes wanted to date her since he first saw her, eating lunch with Patrick in 8th grade, and they make out, Sam very deliberate and slow (p. 103) ! By that Sunday, though (in addition to several hints thus far that Sam is moving faster than Alice), he bothers her with too many phone callsin fact, he calls too much regularly (p. 123)as shes trying to do her homework; he thinks shes too busy, the same way she thought Patrick was too busy; they make a date for Tues. after school (p. 123): following some kissing (and a brush of the breast) in the parking lot, they go to the diner, where again Alice has a great time but again Sam seems a bit too intense, telling her hed change anything about himself for a girl he loved (p. 129) ! Theyre openly affectionate in publickissing in the halls, for example (p. 144); then his possessiveness starts to show around April (p. 160), and he sticks pretty closetoo close (pp. 217, 227)throughout NY trip ! Throughout book, theres a definite sense of Alice liking the physical aspect of having a boyfriendshe likes to make out with Sam, she likes how much and where he touches her, the caresses and the fingering along undergarmentsmore than shes actually in synch with this particular boyfriend; most notable on p. 216, where she talks about liking not knowing how far things might go ! On the bus ride back, he says I love you for the first time; she doesnt answer in kind because she knows its not true yet (p. 237) ! Alice breaks it off the day after her birthday, honestly telling him that she feels a bit smothered, that she doesnt love him, that hes almost too nice (p. 272) ! Doesnt run into him at all the summer after 10th grade (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 240) ! Gets along great with him after their breakup, as she discovers that hes happy so long as he has a girlfriend, thats in love with love (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 26)
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    Relationship with Dave All details below are from book #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, for this significant relationship that spanned freshman year to senior year of college ! Dave Larson (p. 38): square face, blond, only a little taller than Alice, cobalt eyes, large hands ! First meet in Alices Sociology 101 class freshman year of college (hes a sophomore) ! Business major ! Quit college wrestling last year to improve his grades ! Fast eater, thoughtful ! Works as temp on school breaks ! Hang out together with larger group at the start, and even though hes always liked/flirted with her and she was somewhat interested in him from the get-go, things take a decidedly romantic turn only once Patrick fades from the picture, when Dave is protective of her and there for her after the near-rape incident with Jared in April of sophomore year ! He first kisses her spring evening of her freshman year ! He takes summer job in Hagerstown summer after her sophomore year, also Olive Garden job; they e-mail a lot while shes in Oregon, when she gets on birth control in anticipation of sleeping with him; he picks her up at airport and takes her to his folks place in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western MD, where she loses her virginity to him ! On that weekend, they both change status on Facebook to In a relationship (p. 113) ! Her steady boyfriend throughout junior year (though shes particular about where they have sex, p. 116) ! Thinks she loves him by Thanksgiving of junior year (p. 133) ! His parents married for 30 years by his senior year ! They live in Cumberlandhis mom his thoughtful, like him, and his dad is jovial, hard of hearing (p. 189) ! He graduates that June; Alice gifts him with nice desk set (p. 162); looks for work in the area so he can stay by her ! Proposes over July 4th weekend in hotel in Crystal City; his grandmothers too-heavy sapphire ring, with diamonds on each side, for now (p. 184); Sylvia is the first person Alice tells; wedding set for following June 16, with some deposits already put down ! Wants to be an actuary and gets job at insurance company in branch office in McLean, VA, the fall after he graduates ! Likes sex, sports, sushi, and sailing, supports the Sierra Club, but not too passionate about anything elseAlice wishes he were more interested in world events ! After heartfelt talk with Sylvia on Friday morning of Thanksgiving weekend, senior year, and getting Dads support, Alice breaks it off the next daythey just didnt have much to talk about when alone, their interests didnt overlap, she was afraid of being bored, unstimulated, that theyd start resenting doing things only one of them wanted to do; lonely in his company; Les helps her see that their relationship lacked joy; when Dave drops her off at her dorm Saturday after their driveno pleading, no dramahes not heard from again, and although Alice is a bit lonely and sad over the holidays, shes sure she did the right thing ! Alice is determined to pay dad back for deposits on hotel and caterer (p. 206) ! Keeps a slim photo album of their time together, stored in attic of McKinley house after Patrick has a problem with it being in their home (p. 278)

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    Other Dates / Miscellaneous Romance Notes Eric Fielding (#15: Simply Alice) (for details on Eric himself, see Fielding, Eric in Friends & Schoolmates character section below): First date w/Eric night spring break starts in 9th grade; Tom Hanks movie at Wheaton Plaza, then Pizza Hut (dutch); run into Patrick and Penny at cinema; A takes bus there, but Eric comes back on bus w/her, comes in for a bit, gives her two kisses, catches bus back home; stays for about an hour longer after everyone else leaves after As post-appendectomy nacho party and kisses her again twice (pp. 142144); takes her to coffeehouse in church basement 14 blocks from her houseanother fun date, more kissing (pp. 151154); get ice cream over lunch break at school one day in May (p. 183); go for a walk a few days after school ends and he gives her a movie-star kiss, bending her backward (pp. 198199); calls her for the very first time a week later to say good-bye and they promise to write (pp. 199200); an e-mail from Eric is waiting for A when she returns from Camp Overlook (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 160); stays in touch via e-mail in fall of sophomore year (#17: Including Alice, p. 131); meets Emily, whos special to him, that same fall (#17: Including Alice, p. 182) Tony Osler: although hes clearly liked her since he entered the series in book #17: Including Alice, nothing actually happens between the pair until the Snow Ball of her junior year, his senior (for details on Tony himself, see Osler, Tony in Friends & Schoolmates character section below): they dance once at homecoming (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 33), then he interrupts homeroom one morning to ask her to the Snow Ball in front of everyone; shes happy to go with a senior, especially when she discovers Scott has another date (#20, pp. 75, 77); after the dance, they park and do a Liz-and-Ross; she stops him as he heads for her panty line near her curfew (pp. 144 145); then, after seeming to play with her head for a few days when she doesnt jump at the chance to be alone with him the following weekend, she lets him go as far as fingering her in his bedroom after school one day when theyre alone in his house; when his father comes home and she gets a bad vibe that shes just another babe, she stops things from going further after he ejaculates and calls off the relationship (pp. 216 218) Scott Lynch (introduced at end of #19: Alice in the Know; first featured in #20: Dangerously Alice) (for details on Scott himself, see Lynch, Scott in Friends & Schoolmates character section below): Alice has a crush on him the first semester of jr. year, but after she takes a chance and kisses him on the cheek, she accepts that he just doesnt return her feelings (p. 257); still, in book #21: Almost Alice, when Patrick isnt available to go to the Sadie Hawkins dance with her, she gets her nerve up to ask Scott, who accepts; but when no sparks fly when theyre dancing and when she gets dropped off first with only a kiss on the forehead, she understands she isnt special to him; by the following Monday at school, her crush fades, as shes not one to fixate on guys who dont want her or she cant have; and by end of April, once she finds out about Kendra, shes totally over him, relieved, even (#21, pp. 86, 212)

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    Ryan McGowan (introduced in book #24: Incredibly Alice, plays part of Larry to her Anne in Cheaper by the Dozen; for more details, see McGowan, Ryan in Friends & Schoolmates section below): Alice isnt sure of her feelings for him in relation to her relationship with Patrick, only knows she likes the excitement of him liking her, the beginning part of a budding romance; they go on a date Wednesday, April 20, over senior-year spring break (chap. 23); she seems to like the way he looks more than him, he seems quite condescending, quite the know-it-all, a bit controlling; she knows by end of that date that they just dont have chemistry, that he wants to change too many things about her, but she also wonders if she even gave him a fair chance Mitch Stefans (#25: Alice on Board): They strike up a casual relationship/flirtation over the course of Alices summer job; a few daytime outings; she feels very comfortable with and close to him (p. 221)the first male she can think of other than Les, in fact, whom she feels that way about, just as friends; even though they spend a good deal of time together over those eight weeks, things stay completely platonic until their warm goodbye in Baltimore (p. 242) Driving History ! Drivers License (#18: Alice on Her Way): o Per his 10th-grade Christmas present to her, Les gives Alice a series of driving lessons in April and early May (p. 147) o In addition, to get her license when she turns 16 at end of sophomore year, state requires her to take a 30-hour drivers ed course (pp. 4, 163); signs up for it immediately after returning from New York in April, Saturday mornings and two evenings a week (p. 163); two othersthe very tall Kenny and a mouselike girl perpetually in a brown sweaterreceive instruction from Mr. Higgins with her o Alice doesnt catch on that quickly, trouble parallel parking; decides to take the test when she feels ready, not on her birthday p. 251) o Finally passes her road test on the third try, at very end of 10th grade, when Les takes her and lets her use his car; in picture, her eyes looked half crazed (p. 321) ! Dads rule: No passengers in the car with her until shes been driving for six months without any tickets or accidents (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 28); changes it to five months (last week of November) in book #20: Dangerously Alice (pp. 14, 69, 109) ! Her first near accident involves a guy just driving through an intersection even though Alice had the green (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 28) ! Car wont start one night after work; Les has to talk her through making sure the car is in park before engine will turn over (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 124126) ! On days when Alice has an after-school event and Sylvia drives him to work, Dad lets her have the car sometimes (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 11) ! She prefers driving Dads car to Sylvias nicer car, because its smaller and easier to handle (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 111) Personal History ! She was a quick birth, born in 10 minutes (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 13); Dad was right there in the delivery room, says she looked like moldy cheese till they cleaned her up; Marie never looked happier (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 126) ! As a baby, had a bear she slept with every night; raggedy and faceless by age 3 (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 166); that and her little monkey are the earliest toys she remembers having (#17: Including Alice, p. 247)
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    Future career goal listed as bubble dancer in a November issue of The Edge (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 66) She finds it comforting when Carol tells her theres not just one love out there for everybody (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 101) The closet incident: Alice impulsively hides in Dads closet one night to try to eavesdrop on him and Sylvia, to see if shell tattle on her, and is stuck there when they make love; able to crawl out undetected afterward when Sylvia is in bathroom and Dad falls asleep (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 123127) The friends start Girls Night Out in 11th-grade, with the Homecoming Dance, where they all go solo, but the first real one is on Tues., Dec. 4, at Edgars in Georgetown, to see the band Blood and Tonic, with Alice driving her friends for the first time; sit with college guys; witness the annual streaking of the Georgetown U Mens Glee Club to raise money for Childrens Hospital at Christmas (#20: Dangerously Alice, chap. 11) Alice notes a bit of a turning point in her relationship to Dad after she writes The City of Night and realizes there are some things you cant or dont tell your parents as you agethat growing up always means growing away to a degree, a necessary distancea sad but simultaneously exciting development (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 220) Doesnt immediately tell her friends how far she went with Tony, wants to wait until she processes it (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 218) At Alices suggestion, 14 students from her 1st-semester, 11th-grade speech class protest a parents interference with a class assignment, make it into the Washington Posts Metro section (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 232, 256) All details of the evening of Brians drunken car accidentdinner with the gang first, the party in Germantown, the accident, the cops, the police station, injuries to all involved, Dads reactionare given in Chapters 15 & 16 of #20: Dangerously Alice By junior year, most of her friends call her on her cell, so she doesnt usually get the house phone anymore (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 291) The murder mystery dinner theater date with Patrick happens over spring break of her junior year (#21: Almost Alice, chap. 8) Tells Dad one of her very few outright lies on a Sunday evening in June, when she strongly implies that Patrick has arranged for her to stay with a friend in the girls dorm at U of Chicago, when no such thing has happened yet (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 43) Pre-12th-grade 4th of July: Concert-and-fireworks-on-the-Mall plans get rained out, so the gang hangs out at Marks (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 51) All four girls stay at Less apt. from July 31 to Aug. 9 summer before sr. year to uphold the contract with Mr. Watts while the roommates are on vacation (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 187); the first night theyre there, they write out a list predicting where everyone will be at 25 (p. 195), cook dinner for Mr. Watts the next night, have friends over in the backyard on Sunday afternoon/evening, and the cops break it up when Keenos friends crash Embarrassing moment: Accidentally touches Louies penis in the hot tub after charity trick-or-treating in October of 12th-grade year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 158), immediately followed by the girls getting caught in a cars headlights, undressed, as theyre trying to escape unnoticed Shes on Facebook (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 245) Lands the part of Anne in spring production of Cheaper by the Dozenthe first thing shes ever vied for and the thing she wanted most in her senior year (#24: Incredibly Alice) Most exciting thing shes ever done: having the limo driver stop for a photo of her and Patrick at the top of the Bay Bridge on her 18th birthday (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 240)
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    Children Patricia Marie Long: ! Pregnancy & birth recounted in chap. 18 ! Alice and Patricks firstborn; birthday at very end of January (came a week early of February 1 due date) when Alice is 26 ! Orange hair and fair skin ! Halloween costumes: 1stclown; 2ndgoblin; 3rdbox (p. 331) ! Looks like her mother as she grows up: green eyes, freckles, heart-shaped face ! Soccer (pp. 336, 357) ! Piano lessons from Ben (p. 343) ! Girl Scout (p. 396) ! For her 2nd year in Barcelona, opts to attend a Catalan school (p. 402) ! Wears her heart on her sleeve (p. 408) ! Treated for acne as young teenager (p. 431) ! Curvaceous but lean at 15 years old (p. 418) ! Typically hormonal teenager who butts heads with her mother; Alice slaps her once, when shes disrespectful about her grandfather (p. 409)
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    Tyler Long: ! Alice and Patricks 2nd child; 2! years younger than Patricia (3 years behind in school) ! More introverted than his sisterquiet, thoughtful, dreamy (p. 335) ! Spitting in urine sample incident when hes 2! (p. 341) ! Attends preschool at Y (p. 352) ! A grandpas boy when young (p. 356); calls him Gramps (p. 497) ! Tall (p. 408) ! Plays soccer (p. 358); runs track as underclassman in high school (p. 459) ! Takes bus to school ! Falls in love for first time in sophomore year (p. 461) ! Dark blond hair and brown eyes; lanky, few inches taller than Alice by sophomore (p. 463) ! Better behaved than his sister was, but gives his parents a scare when he attends a party one night and doesnt come home on time (chap. 26) ! Attends Oberlin college (p. 484); in final year there when Ben dies (p. 491) ! Social worker (p. 501) ! Gets engaged at 31 to his longtime girlfriend (p. 500) Family Life ! First home together: One-bedroom apartment in a complex in Bethesda (p. 258), ready for move-in 10 days before wedding (but they hold off on actually spending the night there together until after theyre married); as wedding gifts, parents give them money to buy some furniture (p. 274); small study off living room that Patrick uses as office, then its Patricias room; mishmash of furniture that makes the place smaller and smallerbut they like it that way; space gets too tight once Tyler is born and hes in a crib in the master while Patricia is in the 2nd room) (p. 333)
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    2. Ben (Dad) General Info ! From Tennessee ! Birthday: April 30 (#6: Alice in April, pp. 31, 59) ! When Alice is 10, he has thick hair at the sides, thinning on top, already graying above the ears (temples) (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 5), which holds throughout the series, where the next note about his hair is that its thinning over his ears in the original series ! Crows feet when he smiles (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 5); a sparkle in his eyes ! Wears glasses (at least when reading [#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 181; #2: The Agony of Alice, p. 11] and when watching TV [#23: Alice in Charge, p. 130]) ! Mustache in book #13: Grooming of Alice ! Around 510, slightly chubby, not particularly muscular, skinny legs, knobby knees; loses a little weight in preparation for his wedding (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 3), but still looks like a teddy bear to Alice ! Turns 50 years old in book #6: Alice in April, when Alice is going on 13 and Les is 20!; married at 25, close to 5 years later they had Les, when Ben was almost 30 ! Three brothers, two of whom are twins ! Two years older than Marie ! Alice comments several times how much younger he looks in his happiness at marrying Sylvia (#17: Including Alice, e.g., pp. 73, 248) ! #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything: o At 55, when she leaves for college, he still looks like a bear to her: sort of pudgy and cuddly, his head slightly balding on top (p. 7) o By age 63, deepening lines around his mouth (p. 308) o Back bothering him a lot by mid to late 80s (p. 478) o Dies of a massive coronary 3 months before his 88th birthday (which would have been in April) in the ICU of Holy Cross Hospital, the morning he was scheduled for a quadruple bypass (p. 494); had a DNR; Tyler flies in from Oberlin, but Patricia and Zack dont make it back in time from skiing in Colorado o Cremated; service at church on Cedar Lane; ebony container for his ashes (p. 497) Personality Characteristics & Personal History ! Quiet ! Romantic ! Very gentlemanly ! Likes white wine ! Likes gardening ! Does crossword puzzles ! Pretty well-read and cultured ! Does the ironing ! Can cook and clean (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 2) ! Has been silently mending As clothes for years; she doesnt realize this until book #6: Alice in April (p. 25), though he sews neither well nor quickly (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 2) ! Buys composer stamps ! At 12, favorite songs were Yellow Submarine and Surfer Girl (#6: Alice in April) ! Read Tales from Arabian Nights when he was 14 ! Poems memorized in school: The Highwayman and Lochinvar
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    High school senior year highs: kissing Joanna Lindstrom and the basketball game against North Highsecond-string Ben made the winning basket (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 71) When he finishes a task he doesnt like, he plays music as a reward/release Has a red tie he usually wears only at Christmastime Has a shirt w/French cuffs, gold cuff links, blue tie w/white dots (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 2223) Owns a belted raincoat (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 66) Marie gave him a two-box set as a gift once; he gives the larger carved box to Alice for her 11th birthday, keeps the smaller (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 129) Thinks extravagant spending on proms is ridiculous (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 87) Not from a wealthy family (#9: Alice in Lace) Had a musical uncle (#10: Outrageously Alice) Attended Northwestern for undergraduate studies (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 91), when he met Marie (#14: Alice Alone, p. 142) Wrote a thesis in graduate school (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 8) Plays violin, piano, and flute, and sings (tenor) (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 9; #3: Alice in Rapture, p. 22; #4: Reluctantly Alice, pp. 51, 145) Drives an old four-door stick-shift Honda (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 41; #1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 109; #3: Alice in Rapture, p. 92) until As sophomore year, when its specified that Dad traded it in for a new car six months ago, with automatic transmission, power brakes and steering (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 4, 163165), a CD player (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 28) Early to bed (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 101) and early riser (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 97); at his best in the morning Often takes in concerts and attends musical events, like at the Kennedy Center Sometimes has friends over to play chamber music (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 142) Does his own income taxes (#5: All But Alice); then Sylvia follows suit after theyre married (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 73) Likes to sing when he makes soup (#6: Alice in April) Subscribes to New York Times Book Review (#6: Alice in April) Always remembers the kids b-days in advance; has presents and takes them to dinner (#6: Alice in April) Likes pineapple upside-down cake (what Marie always made him for his b-day) and black olives (#6: Alice in April, pp. 55, 56), all olives, actually (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 81) Favorite snack: cinnamon-sugar toast (on both sides of bread) (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 69) Wears boxers (#6: Alice in April) Alice throws him a surprise 50th birthday party (#6: Alice in April, chap. 18) Sometimes wears red, yellow, and green plaid knee-length madras shorts in summer (#10: Outrageously Alice) Whenever he teaches Alice a lesson/criticizes, he also throws in a compliment (#12: A on the Outside, p. 1) Cant stay awake past 11:00 (#14: Alice Alone) Not so strong in math and science (#14: Alice Alone, p. 21) Wears his scruffiesplaid flannel shirt and Dockersat home after work (#15: Simply Alice) Has a white summer robe with floppy sleeves (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 3)
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    Chronology Details ! Goes to 3-day convention in NY on Thanksgiving weekend (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 70) ! Attends an overnight music conference in Michigan with Sylvia in late July after As 7thgrade year (#7: Alice In-Between, pp. 70, 141; #8: Alice the Brave, pp. 67) ! Takes a fall when cleaning the gutters is November of As 8th-grade year and goes to ER of Suburban Hospital (#10: Outrageously Alice, pp. 96102) ! Needs to hire clarinet instructor for Melody Inn in fall 1993 (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 63); one is on staff by book #11: Achingly Alice (p. 81) hired a married male behind-thescenes ! Relandscapes the whole yard in preparation for Sylvia, late summer/fall of As freshman year (#14: Alice Alone, p. 78) ! Has season ticket to National Symphony in As 9th-grade year (#15: Simply Alice, p. 201); June concert is Schubert and Mendelssohn (p. 208) ! Goes to a management conference in Baltimore on Tues., Nov. 27ththe night of Alice and Sylvias big fight when she cant go to Edgarsbut beyond a few pointers, doesnt think it was worth his time, wont do it again (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 112, 123) Employment History & Facts
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    Romance Department ! Dated 6 girls before married Marie (#5: All But Alice, p. 136; #8: Alice the Brave, p. 123), one was a brunette w/gray eyes who just didnt feel that spark for him (#14: Alice Alone, p. 145) ! Believes in long, slow courtships (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 3) ! Shy w/girls up to college (#15: Simply Alice, p. 53) ! Went to a play with widow Sharon Jeffers in January of As 4th-grade year; she gives him a box of chocolates for Valentines Day, but Ben says theyre only friends (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 111) ! Customer gives him two tickets to the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center for a Friday evening early in October of Alices 5th-grade year; he invites Elaine to accompany him, gets dressed up, tells the kids he likes her a lot (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 2223); relationship fizzles out by end of December when he cant meet her financial expectations (p. 49) ! Likes Helen Lake in book #3: Alice in Rapture, neighbor at Janices beach house ! Janice likes him the whole time shes in the series, until, heartbroken over his engagement, she finally transfers to Toledo Marital History & Courtship with Marie o They met at a fraternity party (Charlies), danced and talked w/their eyes, instant connection; saw her again at a theater; wrote her a funny letter then a serious one; she returned Charlies ring (#14: Alice Alone, pp. 142143) o Charlie was furious but gentlemanly; met w/Ben and proposed a 3-month period where neither of them saw her, but she goes to Ben a week later and makes her choice obvious (#14: Alice Alone, p. 144) o Initial courtship: he visited every 2 weeks (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 128) o Swept Marie off her feet, particularly w/his love letters (#9: Alice In Lace, p. 84); long engagement (#20: Alice in the Know, p. 79) o Married at 25 (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 129): Ben in graduate school with only $200 in the bank; Marie took a low-paying job until they had enough for two months rent, then got married; paid organist & preacher $20 each and Marie bought a dress, flowers from Sallys neighbors, grandmother baked cake, snapshots from family for photographs (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 99) o Spent $100 at secondhand store for furniture (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 99) o Went camping in a state park for a weekend for honeymoon; slept in tent (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 89) o Took a trip together a year after marriage (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 9) o Close to 5 years after they got married, they had Les o Fascination one of their favorite songs (#10: Outrageously Alice, pp. 4142)
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    Relationship with Sylvia Summers o The couple meet when Alice sets them up for the Messiah Sing-Along the Sunday before Christmas, Dec. 22nd, of her 7th-grade year; on X-mas Eve, theres a note from her at the house, thanking Alice for the lovely time; Ben invited her over for Xmas Eve, but she had plans; Dad likes her off the bat, and she seems to like him too, sharing common interests in music, but he suspects hes too old for her (#4: Reluctantly Alice, chap. 14) o Start dating in winter (Dec.) of As 7th-grade year, after she invites her teacher to their traditional Messiah Sing-Along, though Alice doesnt learn this until Feb. via the coincidence of Sylvia and Dad both calling her a symphony in green on the same day (#5: All But Alice, p. 67) o He works the first Valentines Day theyre dating, so they dont go out that night (#5: All But Alice, p. 94) but they do that Saturday instead o Sing at the piano together o July after As 7th-grade year: Attend music conference in Michigan together, where she takes a flamenco dancing course and they see Gibsons play Two for the Seesaw (#7: Alice In-Between; #8: Alice the Brave) o August that same summer: overnight trip to Sugarloaf Mt. with Ben, Alice, Pam, and Elizabeth; her first time ever camping (#8: Alice the Brave, p. 24 and chaps. 5 & 6) o By Sept. of As 8th-grade year, Sylvia is seeing both Jim Sorringer and Ben, which doesnt make either man happyJim specifically (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 57), and Ben, in general, through his somber mood o That fall, they pick apples together in the mountains (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 28); she helps him prepare for a concert the Melody Inn is sponsoring (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 82); he helps her put up her storm windows; she takes him to the ER when he falls off a ladder #10: Outrageously Alice) o Have danced together before (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 42) o They dont date every weekend; they dont come to the McKinley house on their dates early in their courtship (#10: Outrageously Alice) o She accepts Alices invitation to the Messiah Sing-Along the next year (As 8th grade) as well (#9: Alice in Lace; #11: Achingly Alice, p. 3), and she invites Ben to the school band concert in mid-December (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 3), where she introduces Ben to Jim (p. 9), and she spends X-mas with the McKinleys o On New Years Eve of her 8th-grade year, A sees her Dad writing Sylvia a note and informs us that he writes her notes/letters sometimes, perhaps because thats how he wooed Marie (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 41); because he looks so sad, A plans to think of something to try to break Sylvia and Jim up for good and so tells Miss Summers at school the first day back that shes seen Jim with another woman (really, its the older secretary at the school) (#11: Achingly Alice, pp. 4344) (she eventually confesses to Sylvia at Less prompting; #11: Achingly Alice, chap. 9) o Alice recalls Sylvia called him Gentle Ben once (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 72) o Alice is upset when Sylvia and Jim come to the Valentines Dance together, as chaperones, and slow dance together (#11: Achingly Alice, pp. 71, 74); even more upset when Sylvia accepts exchange teacher position for next year in England (#11: Achingly Alice, pp. 96, 100) o Ben proposes to her several times behind-the-scenes (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 101) o They love each other, but she thinks the year away in England will be good for her to sort her feelings out (#11: Achingly Alice)
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    o She invites him to visit her there; and they plan on writing (#12: A on the Outside, pp. 79, 109) o He drives her to the airport when she leaves for England the second day of As summer vacation (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 15), and when hes there, he buys ticket for his visit in the last 2 weeks in August from United (p. 28); his return trip lands at Dulles (#14: Alice Alone, p. 6) o They exchange letters while shes away (#13: The Grooming of Alice) o They call the kids from England during his visit and announce theyre going to get married next year (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 197), possibly in July (#14: Alice Alone, p. 9); bought matching gold bands (woven look) there, she didnt want a diamond (#14: Alice Alone, p. 15; repeated in #15: Simply Alice and #16: Patiently Alice, p. 3) o She told him about Jim Sorringer on their 3rd date (#14: Alice Alone, p. 142) o Karen overhears Jim saying hes going to Chester over holidays at her dads party and tells Alice; Les decides this is something Dad needs to know; although Dad trusts Sylvia to tell him in her own time (he rightly assumes Jims going unannounced and wont find Sylvia there, as shed planned to travel over the break after X-mas w/a fellow teacher), tension isnt gone until she calls and explains she had no idea at end of book #14: Alice Alone (pp. 215229) o Planned wedding date: July 28; small ceremony w/family and friends only (#15: Simply Alice, pp. 67) o Sends her dozen roses in England for Valentines Day (#15: Simply Alice, p. 34) o While shes away, he works on house to ready it for her: landscaping, cleaning (#14: Alice Alone, pp. 71, 7879; #15: Simply Alice, pp. 75, 85); starts thinking about finishing the basement of the house so theyll all have more room (#14: Alice Alone, p. 81) o She surprises him around Easter (during As spring break), spends her two-week vacation w/him (#15: Simply Alice, 86) o Real cleaning frenzy begins a week before shes due back (#15: Simply Alice, pp. 211214) o Whole family meets her at Dulles Airport (on June 16, two days before As stint at camp); she vomits (#15: Simply Alice, pp. 217218) o Before Alice leaves for Camp Overlook, Sylvia begins planning the wedding, which she loves doing (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 15) o Wedding gets postponed when Sylvia has to rush out to Albuquerque when her sister gets septicemia after a bowel operation; Sylvia decides theyll set a date once Nancys out of danger, regardless of whether or not she can make it to the wedding (p. 159); at end of book #16: Patiently Alice (p. 230), she calls to say she should be able to return home in October, by which time her sister should be well enough o When Ben misses Sylvia, he listens to music theyve enjoyed together (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 168); during her absence, hes forgetful and sad, mopes around and only works in the garden (p. 197) o Wedding date set for Saturday, October 18 (#17: Including Alice, p. 1); Sylvia returns home on October 1 (#17: Including Alice, p. 4) (See Section VI below, Details of Significant Events, for particulars on wedding) o Their song is All the Things You Are, which Alice finds out for the first time at the wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 95) o Once living together, they share details about their days every evening (#17: Including Alice, p. 184)
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    o Sylvia tells Alice that Ben is the kindest man shes ever known, so considerate and patient to have waited for her (#17: Including Alice, pp. 253254) o Bens been promising to take Sylvia dancing for about a year before she finally holds him to it on their first New Years Eve as husband and wife (#17: Including Alice, pp. 267268) o 1st Wedding Anniversary: Thurs., Oct. 18th: Dinner at Four Seasons in Georgetown with show at the Kennedy Center after (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 51) o They lock their bedroom door when they make love (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 124) o The couple wants to go to Paris one day (#21: Almost Alice, p. 103) o Take a weekend trip to New York the June before Alices senior year, go to a new exhibit at the Met, a new restaurant, an off-Broadway show, Central Park, take a Circle Line cruisegreat weather (#22: Intensely Alice, pp. 8, 14, 42) o Travel to France in August after Alices junior year of college (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 157); two-week tripBens first time, Sylvia always wanted to return; Alice watches house (with Dave) while theyre gone and helps out at Melody Inn o Florence, Venice, and Rome nextsometime after Patricia is 6 (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 354) o By time Les is 46, theyre planning a trip to Scandinavia (#26, p. 413) o They love working together in their garden into their old age (#26, p. 438) o After Bens death, she regrets the year she spent in Englandwould have been one more year together; was hoping the things that irritated her about him, like the way hed interrupt what she was reading and his moodiness, would make his absence easier to bear, but no (#26, p. 499) Gifts 4th-grade X-mas: Alice gives him crossword puzzle book (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 79) 5th-grade X-mas: Alice gives him aftershave lotion (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 44) 6th-grade X-mas: Alice gives him a book about composers and their loves (#2: Agony of Alice, pp. 8788) 50th birthday (#6: Alice in April): From Alice: hosts a dinner party for 13 people, serves ginger ale, black olives, salad, twice-baked potatoes, steak, pineapple upside-down cake, coffee (chap. 18) From Lester: hot air balloon ride for two, scheduled for the 2nd Sunday in May (p. 91) (gift is from both kids; he takes Sylvia, p. 160) From Loretta: NY Philharmonic Orchestra coffee mugs (p. 150) From Sylvia: gives him a cassette of her singing some of his favorite songs (p. 151) 8th-grade X-mas (#11: Achingly Alice): From Lester: his gag gift is a small plastic wind-up drum w/feet (p. 26) From Alice: giant coffee mug (p. 26) From Sylvia: 2 shirts w/matching ties (p. 29) From Janice: silver ice bucket (p. 32) 9th-grade X-mas: From Alice: Polartec gloves and his favorite candy (#14: Alice Alone, p. 222) 10th-grade X-mas: From Sylvia: present to each other (for Vs Day and birthdays, too) is their new bedroom set (#17: Including Alice, p. 213) From Alice: a Greek sailor cap (#17: Including Alice, p. 245) 10th-grade birthday: passes without any fanfare From Alice: book and candy (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 250)
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    3. Marie (Mom) (Mom [#1a: Starting with Alice; Momma [#1b: Alice in Blunderland; #2: The Agony of Alice]; Mama [#3: Alice in Rapture; #4: Reluctantly Alice]; Mother [#6: Alice in April; #16: Patiently Alice]) General Info ! Strawberry blond hair worn loose around her face, shoulder length (#17: Including Alice, pp. 51, 117); lots of hair (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 293) ! Freckled ! Tall (an inch or so taller than Dad), long legs ! Originally from Illinois ! Older sister: Sally (Marie was four years younger than her; #5: All But Alice, p. 53; #17: Including Alice, p. 51) ! Two years younger than Ben ! Married when Ben was 25, so Marie was 23 and Sally was 27 = married 16 years before her death, had Lester ~5 years into marriage ! Died at 39 years old (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 37), in a hospital (Alice was not there when she passed; #1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 29) in Chicago (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 99) of leukemia after a 4-month battle (#4: Reluctantly Alice, pp. 160161); Ben provides some details of the ordeal, including that her first noticed symptom was bleeding, that he was there when she passed, stroking her hair, that Alice visited her once (which she recalls) (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 5960); Alice recalls a hospital visit in book #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything (p. 495), Mom singing to her in her lap ! Alice was 5 at the time of her death, before she started kindergarten (even though in early books, Alice sometimes guesses four or five) (#8: Alice the Brave) ! Alice keeps a picture of her on her bedroom dresser; didnt cry much at her funeral (#1a: Starting with Alice, pp. 8, 26), but remembers everyone else crying (#14: Alice Alone, p. 123) ! Les says she was nice looking, pretty, not necessarily beautiful (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 75) Personality Characteristics & Personal History ! Homemaker ! Natural, didnt dress up much (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 75), wore slacks a lot, which makes Alice wonder if she was as sexy as Sylvia (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 80) ! Good sense of humor, funny ! Sang well, particularly liked songs from Showboat ! Never made oatmeal in her life ! Didnt like going to the dentist, either ! Permed her hair ! Loved to make homemade gifts, to make something out of nothing (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 77) ! Loved the snow (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 77) ! On summer nights, shed sometimes plan a backyard picnic for when Ben got home from work (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 78) ! Used to tell Lester to do the opposite of what she wanted him to do, since he was contrary (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 102) ! Breast-fed Alice (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 149; #4: Reluctantly Alice)
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    Things of Hers in the House/in the Series ! Sewing box (#6: Alice in April, p. 21) ! Her old recipe box still in the kitchen (Alice doesnt realize this until book #6: Alice in April, p. 56) ! Silk pastel flowered robe (Ben keeps it in the back of his closet) (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 123) ! Books ! A hand mirror w/white flowers on back in Bens bottom drawer (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 173) ! Linen tablecloth (#14: Alice Alone, p. 179) ! Strand of costume pearls (Alices) (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 17) ! Upon Sallys death, Carol and Alice discover the sisters baby teeth, teething rings, hair ribbons, photos, etc. among Sallys personal thingseach daughter takes her mothers childhood relics (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 355) Romance Department ! Married at 23 ! Was engaged to Charlie Snow, left him for Ben (#14: Alice Alone, p. 142) (See Bens section for more details, as well as description of Charlie in miscellaneous character list and text on Bens and Maries honeymoon at end of document)

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    4. Lester Paul (Brother) General Info ! Les ! Birthday: September 4, 1972 (#6: Alice in April, p. 31) ! 7 years, 8 mos. older than Alice ! Thick brown hair; thin on top by book #9: Alice in Lace, but sides still thick (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 5); dark hair, dark eyes (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 7) ! Hint of a mustache when hes 1516; full black mustache by the time hes 19; just stubble on cheeks and chin at 24 years old (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 7) ! Taller than Dad (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 5) ! At 19, his jeans size is 33 x 34 (#2: The Agony of Alice) ! Average weight; svelte by book #16: Patiently Alice (p. 5) ! Resembles Dad when he was younger physically, but very unlike him in personality as he ages ! Considered very handsome; all As friends have a crush on him ! Very thick toenails (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 208) ! Has beard when comes home for Thanksgiving Alices freshman year of college (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 29) Personality Characteristics ! Impatient ! Sloppy ! Rather rebellious: as a kid, hed do the opposite of what was asked of him ! Pudgy and clumsy as an adolescent (#12: A on the Outside, p. 131) ! Eats fast (#2: The Agony of Alice) ! Not particularly fond of cats (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 68) ! German chocolate is one of his favorite kinds of cake (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 48; #19: Alice in the Know, p. 229) ! Likes dark chocolate (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 57) ! Hides the foods he likes in the kitchen (#2: The Agony of Alice) ! Good memory (#3: Alice in Rapture) ! Doesnt get sick often, and when he does, its only a cold (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 106) ! Puts whipped cream in his coffee (#5: All But Alice) ! Sings in the shower (#6: Alice in April) ! Favorite breakfast: fresh orange juice, French toast, bacon, coffee (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Favorite dinner: filet mignon, baked potatoes w/sour cream, green beans w/almonds, Caesar salad, German chocolate cake (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 229) ! When he takes Alice out, he treats her like an adult (#15: Simply Alice) ! Not a fan of shopping malls, department stores, and especially womens departments in stores (#17: Including Alice, p. 148) ! Tucks the presents hes giving at the back of the X-mas tree (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 271) ! Has of course thought about religion as a philosophy major; likes the field because he likes to question (#22: Intensely Alice, pp. 22, 23) Personal History & Chronological Tidbits ! His birth took a lot longer than Alices; Dad wasnt allowed in delivery room (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 125126)
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    Romance Department (See also Lesters Women below) ! Crush on Maxine in 2nd grade; too shy to tell her (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 238; see Maxines blurb below for details) ! Broke up with Amy Miller 2 days before moving from Chicago, when he found out she was making out with his best friend in a Toyota ! Says he was very shy w/girls when younger (#15: Simply Alice) ! Thinks the most attractive thing about a girl is her laugh (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 21) ! Not a proponent of setting people up (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 75) ! When he was 15, The Age of Embarrassment, he won a bet with a girl in his science class and therefore was supposed to get a look at her breasts; had so much trouble trying to get her bra off that he never got his peek before the custodian found them in the band room after school; he lied about their names to the custodian, but vowed after that to learn how to unhook a bra; ordered one from Sears catalog, but Dad opened the package first (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 121122) ! High School Senior Prom: the Saturday after Alices birthday; wears black tux jacket, white ruffled top, red bow tie, red, white, and blue satin stars-and-stripes shorts, one black sock, and one black patent-leather shoe (because cast on broken ankle); Lisa Shane is his date (in a strapless red dress); saved up his money to rent limo w/two other couples; Les is the first one picked up, but they all return for pictures; all-night pool party at Holiday Inn afterward; Lisa pays for the photos; they both have a blast (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 8790, 150152, 155156) ! Successful with women; has dated 14 girls by book #5: All But Alice ! Not dating anyone the summer after As freshman year (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 162); starts dating Tracy in As sophomore year (for details, see Tracys entry in Lesters Women below)

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    Education & School Facts ! His parents started him in kindergarten a year late because they didnt think he was readyshy and immature for his age then, though he always does well in school thereafterso hes a year older than most his classmates (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 14) ! Crush on 7th-grade French teacher, gave her a Snickers bar and an unsigned note For You (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 44, 45) ! Junior high in Chicago; had to memorize The Cremation of Sam Magee; most embarrassing moment b/c his voice was changing (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 18) ! Learned the Heimlich maneuver in 9th grade (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 86) ! Moved to MD in his sophomore year of high school (#1a: Starting with Alice) ! His high school starts earlier and gets out earlier than As elementary school ! In the 2nd semester of his jr. year of high school, he decides to start college at Montgomery and then transfer to a university once hes chosen a major (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 138) ! Hes already applied to Montgomery by April of his senior year (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 86) ! One of his senior-year courses is physics (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 134) ! Great-looking anthropology teacher in his first year of junior college (#2: The Agony of Alice) ! Transferred from Montgomery College to U of MD for his *junior year (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 11) ! In jr. year of college, has a philosophy course (#5: All But Alice, p. 29); by start of next school year, wants to switch his major from business to philosophy (#8: Alice the Brave, p. 128) ! Takes a summer course after his jr. year in college (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 136) ! Studies the Socratic method in senior year (#12: A on the Outside) ! Graduates in June; plans to go to graduate school if he can get a fellowship (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 118) ! Gets a grant from U of MD for graduate studies (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 45) ! Takes summer courses in 1994 until done in mid-August (#13: The Grooming of Alice); at school all afternoon on Tuesdays ! Has started work on his masters degree at U of MD by last week of August (#14: Alice Alone, p. 3)
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    Employment ! Works 7 to 10 at night at a miniature golf place over the summer before his senior year of high school (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 177); still there during his senior year, on Saturdays, rides his bike there (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 12, 66) ! Works an unspecified job on summer days after he graduates; perhaps still the miniature golf place (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 164) ! Sells washing machines at an appliance store from the summer after 1st year in junior college, when hes 19 (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 3; works on the weekends in #5: All But Alice, p. 96), until spring of senior year; off every other Saturday (#12: A on the Outside, p. 43); has to be in by 10:00 A.M. on Saturdays (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Tutors at the university (#12: A on the Outside, p. 111) ! New job at upscale mens shoe store starting in April 1994, when hes 21, 10 to 5 on Saturdays, Tues. & Thurs. nights, wears tie (#12: A on the Outside, pp. 9192); agrees to work Labor Day weekend and Thanksgiving to get time off for his trip (#13: Grooming of Alice) ! Works at an unnamed job, on Saturdays, when Alice is in 10th grade (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 136) ! First full-time job acquired in April of his final year of grad schoollow-level position in admissions office of the university to see him through to graduation (#21: Almost Alice, p. 174); still working there in January after Decembers graduation, evidently making a
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    Gifts Unspecified childhood X-mas: a homemade wagon his parents made for him out of an apple box and wheels; he spray painted it blue, with yellow lines that then turned green (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 77) 16th b-day (#1a: Starting with Alice, chap. 4, pp. 3436): From Alice: home-made card w/photo of Les & bikini girl from Alice From Dad: gift certificate for CDs and trip to get learners permit Alices 4th-grade X-mas (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 79): From Alice: the wishbone from Thanksgiving in his stocking and a nice-smelling deodorant stick Alices 5th-grade X-mas (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 45): From Alice: cologne from the dollar store, which he exchanges for English Leather Alices 6th-grade X-mas (#2: Agony of Alice): From Alice: pair of jockey shorts w/snowmen on them (extra pair Loretta gave Alice to give to Les) (p. 88) 20th b-day (#4: Reluctantly Alice): From Alice: two half-pound bars of Hersheys chocolate (p. 11) Alices 7th-grade X-mas (#6: Alice in April): From Alice: Mickey Mouse boxers (p. 14) 21st b-day (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 16, 20, 35): From Marilyn: dinner of his choice (surf & turf) served by her in outfit of his choice (leopard-skin bikini and knee-high boots) on a Saturday night (goes out w/his friends Friday night) From Alice: Following Marilyns lead, breakfast in bed served by Alice (in bathing suit w/sweatshirt over it), Elizabeth (in long, high-necked dress), and Pamela (in skin-tight cat costume w/black net stockings from a previous tap recital) From Dad: Melody Inn gift certificate for CDs and two silk-looking denim sport shirts From Crystal: the kiss-off: leaves box on doorstep that says just LesterCrystal containing all her mementos of him Alices 8th-grade X-mas (#11: Achingly Alice): From Alice: bottle opener in shape of eagle (p. 26) 22nd birthday (#14: Alice Alone): Dad and Al take him out to dinner (p. 67) From As friends: tons of different boxers (p. 55) From Alice: she does the dishes for a week (p. 67) Alices 9th-grade X-mas (#14: Alice Alone):
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    5. Sylvia Summers (Stepmother) General Info & Physical Traits ! Junior high school teacher: teaches 7th-to-9th graders ! Very attractive ! Light brown hair; long enough to wear in a short ponytail by summer before As 12thgrade-year (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 181); hair starts thinning prematurely (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 413) ! Blue eyes (sometimes bluish green) ! Great cheekbones (#17: Including Alice, p. 21) ! Medium-size figure: Alice guesses 56, 130 lbs. (#17: Including Alice, p. 21) ! Very long-waisted (#17: Including Alice, p. 165) ! Lilting voice ! Tinkly laugh (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 152) ! Age: something like 1015 years younger than Ben; Alice guesses shes 30 or 35 (to Bens 49 at the time), like Pams mother (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 171); Alice guesses again with Denise in #6: Alice in April (p. 126); 35, 40, or 42, Alice thinks (as Dads turning 50) ! Residence: Lives on Saul Road in Kensington (*though book #8: Alice the Brave erroneously says in Bethesda, p. 49); takes about 20 minutes to drive from McKinleys house (#17: Including Alice, p. 66); a small but comfortable house filled with an assortment of things (#6: Alice in April, pp. 136139), huge oak tree in backyard (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 102), rakes her leaves in the fall (#10: Outrageously Alice); has a picture of Ben on her end table and one of Jim on her fridge (#10: Outrageously Alice, pp. 103, 104) ! Develops arthritis in her hands (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 478) ! By time of Bens death, Alice notices her frame has become too slight to fill out her clothes (#26, p. 492) Personality Characteristics & Personal History ! Nice ! Serene ! Good listener and friend ! Wears Obsession perfume ! Sometimes smells like jasmine ! Likes classical music ! Knits; takes pride in itlikes to know she made her own sweaters with her own hands (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 182) ! Can sew well enough to do basic alterations (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 201) ! Not particularly neat ! Loves autumn ! Sings alto (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 148) ! Plays piano (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 175) ! Favorite type of cake: poppyseed (#6: Alice in April) ! First time camping is the summer after As 7th grade, with Ben and the girls (#8: Alice the Brave, p. 51) ! Loves to travel; has been to England (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 100)

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    Cant have children due to a hysterectomy (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 109); but even before that, didnt have them because until Ben, she hadnt found the right father (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 45) Gets airsick (#15: Simply Alice, p. 218) Doesnt think bridesmaids all need to look the same (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 14) Favorite color: teal (#17: Including Alice, p. 12) Holds her fork the European way, in left hand (#17: Including Alice, p. 140) Computer illiterate (#17: Including Alice, p. 158) Not a morning person; speaks in monosyllables and a little dazed from 6:00 to 8:00; sleeps in on the weekends (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 2) Wore braces to correct her overbite when she was a little younger than Alice (whos 15! at the time) (#17: Including Alice, p. 179) Always throws herself wholeheartedly into whatever shes doing, making it fun (#17: Including Alice, p. 245) Closet filled with silky dresses, colored sweaters, sling-backs (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 80); its suggested that shes the twin set/cardigan type, very coordinated, proper, smart dresser, wears a lot of pastels Has a lavender robe, as well as brown and yellow silk one (#17: Including Alice, pp. 158, 178) Has a white fake fur hat that forms a halo around her face (#17: Including Alice, p. 243) Her feet are always cold (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 11) Always cooks soft dinners the night A gets her braces tightened (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 47) Like Alice, was slow to learn how to drive (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 296) Plays tennis; summer before As jr. year, plays every Monday (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 138, 143) Likes her bagels lightly toasted, like Alice, but with butter (#21: Almost Alice, p. 146) Makes her own spaghetti sauce (#21: Almost Alice, p. 252) Grew up in a formal, reserved family, took her some time to learn how to express her emotions, only after her parents died (#21: Almost Alice, pp. 148149) Enjoys gardening, but wouldnt want to do it for a living; nor actingtoo much attention on self, not enough interaction with others (#21: Almost Alice, pp. 212213) Likes to get things over with (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 127) Can tell when her smile is genuine (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 176) Favorite part of her senior year in high school: solo she sang at choir concert (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 70) Has knee operation when Alice is in very early 30s (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 336) Was in community theater when she first began teaching, but her career took up too much time to pursue it (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 498)

    School Facts ! Teaches in Room 202, on 2nd floor (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Takes pics of her students on the first day of class each year, to help associate names with faces, then keeps photos in students files (#17: Including Alice, p. 262) ! Her planning period in As 7th-grade year was right before lunch (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Had to take a leave of absence for September and October (of Alices sophomore year) because of her sick sister (#17: Including Alice, p. 4); returns to school first week of November (#17, p. 81)
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    Chronology Tidbits ! Enters the series in book #4: Reluctantly Alice, as Alices 7th-grade English/Language Arts teacher ! Spent last X-mas in California, presumably visiting Jim (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Flies to her sisters for Thanksgiving 1993 (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 115) ! Spends X-mas with the McKinleys in As 8th-grade year, but New Years with Jim (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 12) ! Accepts position as an exchange teacher in Chester, England (Alice first learns this at teacher recognition assembly in book #11: Achingly Alice, p. 96); plans to depart for England in June (after Alices 8th-grade year); had applied for the grant last October, before shed ever met Ben; admits to Alice shes in love w/her father but still has feelings for Jim so needs a year alone (#11: Achingly Alice, chap. 9) ! Rents out her house to a woman wholl tend to her flowers (#12: A on the Outside, p. 78) ! Leaves the 2nd day of summer vacation (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 15) ! Gets a small very British flat in England w/only one phone (#13: The Grooming of Alice, pp. 65, 197) ! Plans to travel over the holidays of As 9th-grade year (#14: Alice Alone, p. 80) ! Her renter leaves for Syracuse in March (#15: Simply Alice, p. 89) ! Returns home on June 16 (#15: Simply Alice) ! Departs for Albuquerque on the 2nd Friday afternoon of As counseling stint at Camp Overlook because her sister gets very sick; plans to return in October of As sophomore year (#16: Patiently Alice) ! Returns to MD on October 1 of Alices sophomore year (#17: Including Alice, p. 4) ! Went with Lois to a college frat costume party as a belly dancer, kept costume in her closet, they were a big hit with the guys, a senior drove them home (#17: Including Alice, pp. 128, 137) ! Has a cell phone (#17: Including Alice, p. 133) ! Puts her house up for sale around the time of the wedding and slowly moves her things to McKinleys house even after the wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 164) ! Catches As bug the night before Christmas Eve, causing the McKinleys to delay Christmas during As 10th-grade year (#17: Including Alice, p. 249); Alice takes care of her while Dads at work, even giving her a back rub (#17, p. 253) ! Following a doctors appt. in mid-October of Alices senior year, an abnormal mammogram prompts the need for a biopsy at the end of the month (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 127); female radiologist; results are negative, but another sonogram recommended in six months just to be safe (#23, p. 176) ! After Bens death, she plans to invite her sister to come stay awhile; if it works out, maybe theyll live together permanently (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 500) Family & Personal Relationships (Details of living relatives given below in Extended Family section) ! Kirk: older brother, with a family (#6: Alice in April, p. 139) ! *Margaret: niece, Kirks daughter (first mentioned in #6: Alice in April, p. 139, but not named until #17: Including Alice, p. 54)
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    Nancy: younger sister (#15: Simply Alice, p. 98); still out west at time of Bens death, they havent seen each other often (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 500) Aunt Elsie: married to her favorite uncle Lois: her college roommate (#17: Including Alice, p. 52) Parents first mentioned in #21: Almost Alice: Both deceased, both were very proper, polite; mother didnt cry much, she saw tears in her fathers eyes only once, when his wife died; Sylvia believes his held-in grief is what killed him (pp. 148, 149) Mother didnt care much for kitchen work, but prided herself on laundry skillsdid all her own ironing, everything in the house (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 182) Grandmother: used to make her own preserves, can her own vegetables (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 181) Two of her aunts had breast cancer; one of her grandmothers died from it (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 137)

    Romance Department ! Jim Sorringer: (See Teachers in Characters section below for more details about Jim) o Dating him by end of book #8: Alice the Brave, when Alice sees them in the Thai restaurant (p. 118) w/o knowing who the guy is yet (in actuality, they were dating before Jim left for Calif. [#9: Alice in Lace]) o He returns a diamond to Karens fathers jewelry store after Valentines Day, presumably after Sylvia rejects his proposal (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 78) o They see each other throughout As 8th grade, while shes seeing Ben too; chaperone the 8th-grade semi-formal together and dance together (#12: A on the Outside) o Goes to Chester over 9th-grade holidays, unannounced, to try to win Sylvia back, but she makes her feelings clear by then (#14: Alice Alone, chap. 15) o Alice figures out from Rosalinds news about her brothers band that Jim is the bassist and that he cant make it to a bar mitzvah gig the day of Ben and Sylvias wedding because he plans to attend (#17: Including Alice, p. 33); sure enough, he shows up at the church before the vows are said (p. 76), but he doesnt interrupt and goes outside (p. 82); he greets her in the receiving line in the church lounge and gives her his best wishes (p. 84) ! Ben McKinley (See Relationship with Sylvia Summers in Bens Romance Department section above for more details about their courtship) o Meets Ben when Alice invites her to join the family for the Messiah Sing-Along during her 7th-grade X-mas; starts dating him soon thereafter o Knows shes in love with him by the time she accepts teacher exchange position, but still has feelings for Jim o After engagement announced, she tells Alice to call her Sylvia (A doesnt think she can call her Mom) (#13: Grooming of Alice, pp. 187, 198; #14: Alice Alone, p. 79); after wedding ceremony, Sylvia again invites A to call her anything that feels natural, with her first name being fine (#17: Including Alice, p. 87) o Not jealous of Marie at all; actually takes it as a compliment when he calls her by her name sometimes (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 183) Notes on Relationship with Alice / Alices Feelings Toward Sylvia ! Alice likes it when she learns Sylvia isnt perfect once she moves in, things like: shes not a morning persondazed, speaks in monosyllables, messy hair, pale face (#17:
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    Gifts Valentines Day of Alices 7th-grade year: From Ben: Vivaldi cassette (#5: All But Alice, p. 105) Christmas of Alices 8th-grade year (#11: Achingly Alice, pp. 26, 2829): From Lester: brine shrimp (small gag gift) From Alice: soap From Ben: an autographed copy of The Seesaw Log Christmas of Alices 9th-grade year: From Alice: sterling silver clef sign pin (#14: Alice Alone, p. 196) Christmas of Alices 10th-grade year: From Ben: present to each other (for Vs Day and birthdays, too) is their new bedroom set (#17: Including Alice, p. 213) From Alice: small opal earrings (#17: Including Alice, p. 245) Mothers Day of Alices 11th-grade year (#21: Almost Alice): They all go to the Crowne Plaza buffet brunch, with Alice and Les acting like little kids in the backseat From Alice: gift certificate for Fur and Feathers (for a grooming for Annabelle) and a card (p. 224)

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    A. Family: Traits, Habits & History General ! Scotch-Irish ancestry, on the McKinley side of the family (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 1) ! Lived w/Sally and Milt the first few years after Maries death ! Not financially well off (#1a: Starting with Alice); but books #1b: Alice in Blunderland (p. 72) and #7: Alice In-Between state that theyre neither rich nor poor ! Move from Takoma Park to Silver Spring (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 130ff.): Move made because Dad realizes rent is just money down the drain; he house shopped on and off w/o the kids knowing and made an offer on the Silver Spring house the morning after As 11th birthday party (May of 5th grade); the kids see it for the first time that night owners already moved outand acceptance of offer comes in that evening; Silver Spring is much closer to his work, though only 15 or 20 minutes from Takoma Park house ! They dont get Chinese much because of the MSG; but theyre a pizza family (#2: The Agony of Alice) ! Special treat in their house: midnight waffles (#8: Alice the Brave) ! Dad usually makes waffles for breakfast when Alice has a sleepover (#10: Outrageously Alice) ! If dinner is veal chops, Dad did the cooking (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 130) ! They keep a calendar w/notes of events, doctor visits, etc. (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Family doctor: Dr. Beverly (#10: Outrageously Alice) ! Official start of spring/summer: when Dad lowers the porch swing that he hooks to the ceiling each November (#12: A on the Outside) ! Alice cleans kitchen and bathroom on Saturdays; Lester vacuums on Sundays (#12: A on the Outside) ! Whenever they give gifts, they set them on the coffee table until everyones home to open them together (#12: A on the Outside) ! They get the Washington Post; Metro section, Style section, sports section, movie section, business section, comics, want-ads section ! They go through milk and bananas faster than anything else (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 195) ! Eat at the kitchen table, unless they have company (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 146) ! Post-wedding routines: o Sylvia in bathroom first, shes done by time Alice is done w/breakfast, then Alice goes in, now blow-drying her hair in her bedroom to free up bathroom for Dad (#17: Including Alice, p. 183) o Cooking: Dad makes dinner on Sundays; Alice takes Tuesdays & Thursdays; Sylvia has the rest (#17: Including Alice, p. 183) o Things are tight at the store, with surrounding businesses in trouble and with headquarters closing several Melody Inn chains in the current economy, so its going to be a lean year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 186 + passim) ! Once Alice leaves for college, Ben and Sylvia hire a cleaning service since they both work full-time (#25: Alice on Board, p. 11) Religious History ! The McKinleys are Methodists; family attends church on Sundays (#2: The Agony of Alice, pp. 12, 19) (but then church isnt mentioned again in any subsequent originalseries books until #18: Alice on Her Way [see p. 50]) ! Alice doesnt think her family believes in hell (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 152)
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    House Rules & Guidelines ! No friends are allowed over the house when Dad isnt there (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 47), a rule even more strictly enforced when he agrees to let the kids be home by themselves every day after Mrs. Nolinstock goesno one is allowed over w/o him knowing (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 197); by book #1c: Lovingly Alice (in 5th grade), a few girls can come over (p. 19); by book #9: Alice in Lace (p. 26), its only boys A cant have over when shes alone at home, a rule thats still holding through the summer before high school (#13: Grooming of Alice, pp. 18, 29, 30) ! Drivers license rule: for first 6 months after obtaining, no one but family is allowed as passengers; if no accidents or tickets etc. by then, ok to drive others (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 39) ! Lester is not supposed to leave Alice alone in the house (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 1415) ! Dad doesnt like the kids going out on school nights, and whenever Les goes out for the eveningduring the week or on the weekendhe sets an alarm clock outside his bedroom door to ring at Less curfew time (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 101) ! Alice isnt supposed to cook without Lester being home (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 179); no stove or oven, though microwave is okay (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 19) ! Once shes allowed to stay home alone after school and on Saturdays while Dad and Les work, Alice is to call Dad at the store and tell him exactly where shes going when she goes out (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 12, 15, 19) ! Never open the door to strangers (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 19) ! Alice cant have more than 10 friends at her birthday parties once she turns 10 ! Dinner time is family timeno TV, no reading, no radio (#2: The Agony of Alice); very informal: plates dont match, no napkins just paper towels if needed (#6: Alice in April; #7: Alice In-Between) ! When Dads away at conference, kids arent to have anyone of the opposite sex over (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 71) ! Very firm rule: when Dads in England w/Sylvia, neither kid is to have anyone spend the night and both have to spend the night at home every night (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 110)
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    Pre-wedding rule: If anyone cant make it for dinner, usually between six and seven, call (#17: Including Alice, p. 130) Alice cannot have anyone in a car with heronly familyuntil shes been driving for six months without an accident or ticket (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 28) No hotel room after senior prom (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 226)

    Holidays General Notes ! Usually go out for Thanksgiving (#2: The Agony of Alice) now (in Silver Spring, to the Hot Shoppe; #4: Reluctantly Alice); used to spend it w/Sallys family ! When theyre alone on New Years Eve, Dad and Alice watch the ball drop in Times Square (though A thinks this is stupid) and at midnight, they bang pots with wooden spoons on the porch Christmas Rituals ! Extended McKinley family calls one another every Christmas morning (#2: The Agony of Alice); sometimes Christmas Eve (#11: Achingly Alice); then the McKinleys call Sally and Milt (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 43) ! Always attend the Messiah Sing-Along, as far back as Chicago (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 145) ($7 per ticket, p. 164); only year they dont go is As 9th grade (#14: Alice Alone, p. 227) ! When Alice was little, Ben used to walk around the house on X-mas Eve clanging sleigh bells so shed think it was Santa coming (#11: Achingly Alice) ! Open presents Christmas morning but big meal on Christmas Eve, which Dad always cooks (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 24) ! Dad makes pecan pancakes every Christmas morningthe rule is the kids have to have food in their stomachs before eating lots of holiday chocolate (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 44) ! Can stay in PJs all day if they want, though they usually dont (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 44) ! They traditionally stuff one anothers stockings on X-mas morning with funny wind-up toys (#17: Including Alice, p. 246), with Les always giving his sister something weird (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 79) ! Dad and Alice usually give a gift to one of the needy children whose note for Santa is on the tree at the Georgia Ave. bank (#17: Including Alice, p. 246) ! X-mas table each year: bouquet of red felt reindeer and snowmen salt and paper shakers (#17: Including Alice, p. 251) ! Play the same Christmas music each year: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Choir of Kings College, Robert Shaw Chorale (#17: Including Alice, p. 252) Specific Holidays 3rd-grade Thanksgiving: Drive to TN for Charlies wedding (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 72) 3rd-grade X-mas: Sally, Milt, and Carol visit the McKinleys the first year theyre in MD (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 95); attend Messiah Sing-Along at church on Cedar Lane (p. 96) 4th-grade Thanksgiving: 2nd Thanksgiving away from Chicago; Dad invites Janice, Loretta, and the Sheavers (after Mrs. Sheavers invites them to her house); Mrs. Sheavers brings the turkey and gravy, Janice brings mashed potatoes, cranberries, and green beans,
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    Loretta brings salad and rolls, Les got cider, and Dad and Alice make three pies (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, chap. 6) 4th-grade Christmas: First X-mas without lots of people around, just Les, Alice, and Dad; huge tree; since they dont have enough ornaments for it, Alice has a party and invites friends (Sara, Rosalind, Megan, Dawn, and Jody) over on Friday night to make some new ones while Less band practices carols in the background for their amateur concert at the mall the next morning (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, chap. 9) Fourth of July (post 4th-grade year): neighborhood has a block party; Less band plays at it; Alice invites Sara and Rosalind; all have a good time and the food is good, but Alice mistakes Mickey for Lisa (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, chap. 21) 5th-grade Christmas: Just Ben, Les, and Alice at home, their usual rituals, the Sing-Along a few days before the holiday, a roast dinner on Christmas Day, then Donald comes over that night when Dad and Les are both out with their lady friends to deliver a cake from his mom (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 4546) 6th-grade Thanksgiving: Go to a restaurant; invite Janice and Loretta (#2: Agony of Alice, pp. 6970) 7th-grade Thanksgiving: McKinleys dine at the Hot Shoppe (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 129) 7th-grade X-mas Eve: Mexican restaurant (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 182) 8th-grade Thanksgiving: dinner at home with Marilyn and Janice as guests (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 115) 8th-grade X-mas: Sylvia spends X-mas Eve & Day with them, sleeps over due to snowstorm; Marilyn comes for X-mas Eve dinner too; Dad makes rib roast; breakfast: waffles and bacon; lunch: quiche and salad (w/Patrick) (#11: Achingly Alice, pp. 1635) 8th-grade New Years Eve: quite night at home with Dad; Lester out with Marilyn and friends (#11: Achingly Alice) Fourth of July, summer before 9th grade: Dad and Alice alone at home; Lester in Colorado (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 79) 9th-grade Thanksgiving (#14: Alice Alone, pp. 162166, 167, 174178, chap. 13): The Great Turkey Disaster; Alice roasts her first turkey after Sally tells her how, invites 3 CCFO members, told Dad theyre refugees; Elizabeth helps cook; plans to serve at 2:30, guests due at 2:00; she didnt know to defrost the turkey, they cut it in half w/power saw; makes mashed sweet potatoes, 3 pies, stuffing, rolls, cranberry sauce, peas & carrots; appetizers: black olives, cheese & crackers, ginger ale; drops the turkey 10th-grade Thanksgiving (#17: Including Alice, pp. 186187): Dad, Sylvia, and Alice go out to eat at an Italian restaurant, skipping the turkey in lieu of pasta for As sore teeth; Lester spending the day with friends 10th-grade Christmas (#17: Including Alice): Dad and Sylvia get tree and spray it white, per As request; Alice recovering from bug so just supervises the decorating, noticing that Dads no longer irritated by having trouble with the tree, now with Sylvia here; all blue and silver tree ornaments this year (pp. 243244); Alice performs her and Dads banktree/needy-child ritual alone this year, giving a little girl named Becky a toy monkey in memory of her own (p. 246); Alice doesnt go to sing-along with Dad and Sylvia (on a Thursday), staying home to wrap presents (p. 248); next day she and Sylvia bake cookies together (p. 248); decorate the mantel with holly from backyard that night; Alice notices how everythings brighter and merrier with Sylvia around; on Christmas Eve morning, Sylvia has Alices bug; Dad brings home split pea soup from diner for dinner, Les decides to catch a movie, and the three spend a quiet X-mas Eve at home, no midnight service at church after all; Dad makes pecan pancakes X-mas morning, with Les there;
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    open presents around 11:00 (pp. 253257); Paul joins them for 7:00 dinner: Sylvia cooks rib roast, McKinleys cook everything else (e.g., garlic mashed potatoes), Paul brings chocolate silk pie (p. 258); overall, this holiday seems the time when Sylvia and Alice really bond as family, with the highlight being the scrapbook Sylvia made for her (chap. 16) 10th-grade New Years Eve (#17: Including Alice): Alice thinks shell be alone since all her friends are busy and Dad and Sylvia are going out (dinner and dancing, with Sylvia in short low-cut black dress, sling-backs, dangly earrings, necklace, black lace underwear), but Les calls at 8:30 and invites her overhe picked the short straw as the one who has to stay in that night for Mr. Watts so he has a gathering; George picks her up and drops her at the house; she finds shes overdressed (in the same beige backless dress she wore when Les took her to show for her 15th birthday, though its a little tight across stomach now, same shows, sparkly earrings), with very cold nipples, so Les gives her clothes to change into and she has a great time; snows (chap. 17) Post-10th-grade Fourth of July: watches fireworks with Dad and Sylvia at the Mall; Lizs whole family in the crowd too (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 2) 11th-grade Thanksgiving (#20: Dangerously Alice): Carol and Lawrence join them (in the midst of the messy remodeling); Sylvia cooks a traditional meal; Carol stays the night with Alice (chap. 7) 11th-grade Christmas (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 270ff.): With house under renovation, Alice and Sylvia decorate late; Alice goes with Dad and Sylvia to midnight mass; Les has plans for Christmas Eve so the family gets together X-mas morning insteada white Christmaswith Sylvia preparing a lovely brunch; they lengthen out the present-opening time; Les unintentionally swapped Alices and Claires gifts, so they hurry out to correct the problem 11th-grade New Years Eve: Alice chooses to stay in and read and wonders if that means shes growing up (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 288); on New Years Day, Dad and Sylvia have a drink with neighbors next door (#20, p. 291) 12th-grade Thanksgiving (#23: Alice in Charge): chap. 15: The McKinleys host Daniel and Geri Bul Dau, Less roommate Paul, and the new Melody Inn clerk, Kay; beautiful table featuring Sylvias log cabin candle holders; a light snow 12th-grade Christmas (#23: Alice in Charge): chap. 21: Alice has a pretty bad cold from the start of winter break till a few days after Christmas; Patrick flies home from Dec. 23 27; he eats Christmas Eve dinner with McKinleys, they exchange gifts; Christmas day at home with family, then gang goes to Marks parents house that night 12th-grade New Years Eve (#23: Alice in Charge): chap. 22: storm keeps everyone inside, so Alice spends it writing her tribute article to Mark Freshman-year Thanksgiving: At home with family, Les brings Stacy home for first time, Alice feels like adult with her family for first time (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, chap. 2) Junior-year Thanksgiving: At a country inn near Stacys parents in Virginia (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 131) Senior-year Thanksgiving: At home with immediate family (Daves with his family) the weekend she decides to call off engagement (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, chap. 12) Senior-year Christmas: A hard one for Alice after the breakup, so the family keeps it light for her (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 182)

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    49th Christmas (when Les is 57): Dad, Sylvia, Alice, and Patrick go to Les & Stacys in Fairfax, VA, for the holiday (Patricia and Zack with his parents; Tyler with his girlfriend); triplets are 10; Stacy buys the whole family Rollerblades (p. 487) Residences & House Details Takoma Park, MD ! Rented (#14: Alice Alone) ! Small, two-bedroom, one-bath, two-story house (first floor and basement) (#1a: Starting with Alice; #1b: Alice in Blunderland), no porch ! Alices and Dads bedroom on the main floor, across the hall from each other (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 22); she has a round rug by her bed (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 23, 47, 73) ! Lester lives in basement ! Linoleum floor in kitchen (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 194) ! Chain-link fence surrounds backyard; a neighbors garage backs right up to it (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 80) ! At least one azalea bush in backyard by fence and wild violets grow here and there (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 97, 98) ! Lawn chairs in backyard (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 122) ! Trees on property: box elder (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 5) ! House is a half mile from the library (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 14) ! House is five blocks from a post office (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 115) ! House is three blocks from Lesters high school (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 143) ! Storage closet (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 114) ! Theres a phone on the first floor that can reach into the hall closet (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 11) ! One of the basement steps squeaks (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 176) ! Trash gets picked up on Mondays (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 192); trash cans kept on the side of the house (#1b, p. 199) ! Rosalind drives her back to see it in book #18: Alice on Her Way: painted cottoncandy pink (p. 133) House Contents o Their green couch and large coffee table from Goodwill o New washing machine from Sears when Alice is in 4th grade (deluxe model; perm press cycle) o Fold-up metal table serves as dining-room table when guests are over (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 47) o Only two strings of X-mas lights and not that many ornaments; an angel tree topper (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 71) o Dishwasher (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 68) o Kitchen stools (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 53, 74) o Bulletin board above phone (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 157) Silver Spring, MD Exterior
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    Old neighborhood; larger than Takoma Park house but one of the smaller homes on the street (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 130133) Ordinary-looking two-story white w/dark green shutters Screen on front door (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 58) Mail slot in front door (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 177) Wide wooden porch, with porch railing and steps (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 54); old gliding swing on front porch Back porch too, which Dad would like to enlarge and screen in (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 58) Back porch outdoor seating/furniture includes chaise lounge, wicker chair, bamboo table, another glider swing (#22: Intensely Alice, pp. 22, 142, 143, 269); wicker hassock, chintz-covered chair (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 158)

    Yard ! Big tree in front yard; several in the large backyard (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 133) ! Asters grow by the front steps (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 119) ! After Ben re-landscapes for Sylvia w/all her favorites at start of As 9th grade: azalea bushes on both sides of front steps, dogwood tree, red maple, rhododendron, tiger lilies, ivy, a magnolia (#14: Alice Alone, pp. 71, 7879) ! Holly bushes around side and in backyard (#17: Including Alice, p. 248; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 55) ! Lawn gets torn up during the renovation, so by start of May of As jr. year, Sylvia has had all new shrubs planted along one side of the house, and she adds tulips and daffodils in bloom, purples and yellows in one place, reds and yellows in another, white by themselves (#21: Almost Alice, p. 212); can see azalea bushes from new screened-in porch (#21, p. 228) ! A box elder is visible from the family room windows out back (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 125) ! Ben and Sylvia spend a lot of time cultivating their garden once the kids are out of the house throughout book #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything; wrought-iron bench at back of garden (p. 498) Interior ! Downstairs: o Large living room with fireplace: CD player; rug under coffee table (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 16); Dads easy chair (#17: Including Alice, p. 244) and Alices beanbag chair; no decent clocks, until Less wedding present to Dad (#17: Including Alice, p. 13), which is placed on mantel (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 37) Old furniture: collection of used & created furniture in living room, as Dad hadnt wanted to pay to move everything from Chicago: packingcrates-and-cushions sofa, aluminum lawn chairs, brick-and-board bookshelves; beanbag chair in corner; same coffee table from Goodwill they had in Takoma; Park; old easy chair New furniture: beige with gold-and-white striped couch, contemporary, masculine (delivered in May of As 7th-grade year) o Dining room: originally Dads office, w/long fold-up table (until new furniture replaces this by book #9: Alice in Lace and his office is then in only a corner of the room); new dining room table (its in the house at start of book #9: Alice in Lace, p. 12) w/8 chairs (*book #14: Alice Alone, p. 162, says 6)
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    o Large old-fashioned kitchen: small table that comfortably sits only 3 (4 chairs later), lots of cupboards that go to the ceiling, little counter space, old stove, sink (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 133); fridge (1st time its cleaned is 1.5 years after they move in) (#5: All But Alice); dishwasher; spice drawer (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 61); microwave oven (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 252) o New family room: apricot-colored couch with thick cushions and high back, two matching chairs and a rocker from Marlos; apricot/ginger/olive area rug from Scan (acquired in March, 2nd semester of As 11th-grade year; #21: Almost Alice, p. 135); hassock (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 304) o New study: Along with containing Dads computer and table and Sylvias filing cabinet, they buy a new rosewood desk and matching bookcase from Scan, a new lamp (acquired in March, 2nd semester of As 11th-grade year; #21: Almost Alice, p. 133) o Phone in a downstairs hallway, with phone stool next to it (#16: Patiently Alice, pp. 5, 197) o Hall table by front door, which Alice uses for her schoolbooks; seems to be a hall coat closet as well (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 44, 146) o Ben gets new computer Thanksgiving weekend of Alices senior year of collegesets up in his office (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, pp. 199, 201) ! Upstairs: Three bedrooms, one bath (with tub) o Dads bedroom is the largest, w/two huge closets on either side of bay window, clothes poles in only one and built-in drawers at back and shelves along sides in other (used to store extra linens and suitcases; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 80) furniture prior to marriage: double bed, desk, chest of drawers (#17: Including Alice, p. 214) Dad & Sylvias new bedroom set: given to each other for Christmas but delivered early; wheat-colored wood: new Beauty Rest queen-size bed, new nightstands, mans chest of drawers, ladies dresser w/6 drawers and tall mirror, lingerie chest w/8 shallow drawers (they keep Dads desk in the room); new sheets, bedspread and matching drapes (#17: Including Alice, pp. 213214) o Lesters bedroom is next to Dads (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 182); had built-in bookshelves when they moved in (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 133); Dad turns it into an office when Lester moves out, keeping the twin bed as a couch (#17: Including Alice, p. 1), then using his old bedroom stuff in there, for guests (#17, p. 214); before the renovation, they keep the ironing board set up in there (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 79) o By time of Less wedding (Alices junior year in college), his bedroom is guest room (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 132) o Alices bedroom is two rooms down from Dads (#17: Including Alice, p. 27), at the rear (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 133) o Phone in upstairs hallway (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 230) that can reach into Alices room (#17: Including Alice, p. 25) o Mirror in hall (presumably upstairs) (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 277) General: o No central air-conditioning
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    o Full unfinished basement (where laundry facilities are; #19: Alice in the Know, p. 53) o Travel/music posters on the walls o No cordless or cell phones for the McKinleys by December of 10th grade (#17: Including Alice, p. 235) (until that Christmas, when Dad gets Alice her own cell) o Dead bolt on front door clicks loudly when turned (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 187) o Trash pickup on Fridays (#21: Almost Alice, p. 253) ! Additional House Contents: o Grand piano (#14: Alice Alone, p. 57) o VCR (#8: Alice the Brave) o Portable TV (Lesters) (#3: Alice in Rapture); old 12-incher in Alices room by book #14: Alice Alone o Stereo cabinet, old record player, and a bunch of oldie 45s that Bens uncle gave to him (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 41) o Cloth tablecloth (Moms) and napkins for special occasions (#11: Achingly Alice) o Sterling silver candlesticks; 10 mini salt & pepper sets (wedding gift from Sally & Milt to Ben & Marie) (#14: Alice Alone) o Good silverware / china (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 221) o Computers: Lester gives Alice his old computer, which she keeps in her bedroom (#13: Grooming of Alice); Dads is moved into his new study, with table, in book #21: Almost Alice (p. 127) o At least 2 cots (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 214) o Answering machine (#17: Including Alice, p. 276) o Things of Sylvias added once she moves in: two chairs in living room; teak buffet in dining room; lamps; couple of bookcases and end tables (#17: Including Alice, p. 164); three-drawer filing cabinet (#21: Almost Alice, p. 130) o Old photo albums (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 98): with childhood pictures of Carol, including one when shes 8, hugging a stiff-as-a-board 5-year-old Les o Large metal mixing bowls (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 252)

    Home Renovation/Addition Project ! Dad and Sylvia start thinking about renovations to the house right before their wedding: addition to back of house, enlarged master bedroom, added bath upstairs, study downstairs by dining room, Lesters room as guest room (#17: Including Alice, pp. 2324) ! By January, they want to put off the addition until next year, fixing up the existing house firstreplacing furnace and air conditioner (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 32) ! In August, Sylvias thinking about knocking out the back wall of the kitchen to add a family room when they proceed next year; tells Alice that her input counts (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 119120) ! In November of As jr. year, an opening in the construction companys (Ace Architects) schedule and a 10% discount leads them to start the remodeling right then, early in the month, before the holidays (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 7071): o New family room with screened-in porch behind added off kitchen (where TV will now go, not in living room; #20, pp. 72, 78)Alice can use the room for her friends whenever she wants (#20, p. 290)
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    Lesters 1st Apartment (#16: Patiently Alice, pp. 180 & chap. 17): ! In Takoma Park, near the D.C. line (a few miles from McKinley home [#17: Including Alice, p. 1], on a side street off of Maple Avenue (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 136); takes less than/around 10 minutes by car to get there) ! 2nd floor of Otto Wattss old Victorian house; initially converted for the Wattses younger daughter when she was in college; 3 guys can live there rent-free (plus utilities) if they do some light maintenance and agree that one of them will always be there in the evening in case Mr. Watts needs help, as he has a day aide; roommates: Paul Sorenson (Otto is a friend of his fathers) and George Palamas, who moves out in middle of Alices senior year, after getting married) ! Newly painted for the boys, so they cant move in until mid-September, though theyre free to start bringing belongings earlier and store them in the middle of rooms ! On a tree-lined street of other Victorians; driveway, yellow with brown trim, wraparound porch w/old wicker swing and rocker, screened in out back (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 208), huge sycamore with peeling bark, two dormer windows on front of house, stone statue among the shrubbery; wooden (#17: Including Alice, p. 32) apt. stairs are at side of house w/separate entrance; stained-glass inset above window in the entry of the apt., on opposite wall from front door, which itself has a window in it (#17: Including Alice, p. 193); 2 large rooms on one side of hall, 2 smaller on other, all have closets (Les and Paul take the larger rooms, since George isnt sure hell stay longer than a year), all have desks; sitting room w/French doors leading to a screened porch between the 2 smaller rooms (used to be a sleeping
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    Family Pets ! Tippy: Lesters small dog, which Uncle Milt gave him after his mother died and which was run over when Alice was very young (#1a: Starting with Alice, pp. 3132); got hit when running across street to greet Lester; rolled his body up in a rug and transported him in trunk of car (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 94) ! Oatmeal: Alices kitten; Dad gets from Janice and gives to Alice at the start of 3rd grade in #1a: Starting with Alice, pp. 29ff.; gray and white (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 6) with green eyes (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 44); Alice lets her lick her vanilla pudding containers; shes 2 1/2 years old by November of 5th grade (taking into account that she was probably a few months old when Alice first got her) and shes already slowing down and acting too old for her age; Alice finds her dead on the kitchen floor one afternoon in March; Dad reminds her that they knew the kitten had a heart murmur since the first visit to the (male) vet; they bury her in a shoe box under an azalea bush in the backyard in Takoma Park house; Alice never wants another cat (#1c, pp. 41, 44, 9199) ! Lester gives Alice a hermit crab for her 9th b-day; lives for a year (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 103) ! Guppies: Les gives 2 to Alice for her 11th birthday: smaller one is rainbow-colored; larger one (female) is fat and gray-green (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 127); still has them a few months later when they leave Takoma Park for Silver Spring (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 13); the largest one is named Golda, who dies summer after 6th grade (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 5) ! Annabelle (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 45): the cat Sylvia takes inand takes full responsibility for (Alice doesnt want her initially)when her friend cant care for her anymore, in October of Alices jr. year; white, with irregular patches of black, yellow eyes, about a year old; an indoor cat whos never been outside until Halloween night; Alice lures her back with an open can of tuna (#20, chap. 4)

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    III. PLACES, GEOGRAPHY, PROPER NOUNS, ETC. 1. Place Names ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 7-Eleven AAA (auto club) (#19: Alice in the Know) Ace Architects (construction company that does the McKinley home remodeling) (#20: Dangerously Alice) All-Clean Furnace Company (#6: Alice in April) Appalachian Mountains (site of Camp Overlook) (#16: Patiently Alice) Austin Grill (in Bethesda, by the Barnes & Noble with the fountain) (#19: Alice in the Know) Autoclean (local car wash) (#17: Including Alice) Baltimore Harbor (#25) Barnes & Noble B&N (#19: Alice in the Know) Bartlett Hall (student cafeteria at U of Chicago; #22: Intensely Alice) Baskin-Robbins (#19: Alice in the Know) Basswood Lodge and Conference Center vs. *Convention Center (West Virginia; Less and Stacys employer) (#25, #26) Beach Drive (#19: Alice in the Know) Bennington College (VT) (#19: Alice in the Know) Best Buy (#20: Dangerously Alice) Bloomingdales Botany Pond (U of Chicago) (#22: Intensely Alice) Britches of Georgetown (*#5: All But Alice, p. 36, says Britches of Georgetowne) (in the mall) (#3: Alice in Rapture) C&O Canal the canal (#18: Alice on Her Way) Camp Overlook (*near Cumberland, MD) (#15: Simply Alice) Overlook, adj., (#16: Patiently Alice) Capital Hilton (D.C.) (#20: Dangerously Alice) Carmens (local restaurant; The Home of the Singing Waiters) (#16: Patiently Alice) Catoctin Mountains (#9: Alice in Lace) Cedar Lane/Cedar Lane Church (both the street name and the church name in Bethesda where the Messiah Sing-Along is held [#16: Patiently Alice] and where Ben and Sylvia marry) (church actually called Cedar Laneas opposed to the church on Cedar Lane for the first time in book #18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 54, 75, 144, etc.) Century Buick (#1c: Lovingly Alice) Chalice House (where sr. high discussion group at church meets; #23: Alice in Charge) Chesapeake Bay Bridge the Bay Bridge (#19: Alice in the Know) Chicken Basket (from Bens youth; #1c: Lovingly Alice) China Gate (#6: Alice in April) China Palace (#4: Reluctantly Alice) Churchill High School (neighboring school) (#20: Dangerously Alice) Cineplex Theaters (#10: Outrageously Alice) Clydes (restaurant) (#21: Almost Alice) Cobb Hall (U of Chicago) (#22: Intensely Alice) Colesville Road (#17: Including Alice) (within walking distance of the high school, library on that road [#18: Alice on Her Way]) Colonial Williamsburg (#25) Community Connections for Female Offenders (CCFO) (#14: Alice Alone)
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    Holiday Inn (where Les and his friends have a pool party after senior prom; #1c: Lovingly Alice) Holton-Arms (exclusive all-girls school) (#20: Dangerously Alice) Holy Cross Hospital (#1c: Lovingly Alice; #4: Reluctantly Alice) Hot Shoppe (eatery in Silver Spring) (#2: The Agony of Alice) Humane Society (#20: Dangerously Alice) Hutchinson Commons (dining hall at U of Chicago) (#22: Intensely Alice) Hyatt, the (where Dads ceremony is held) (#17: Including Alice) Ida Noyes Hall (U of Chicago campus) (#23: Alice in Charge) Inner Passage (Alaskan) (#25) Jamestown Settlement (#25) Johnsons Nursery (#9: Alice in Lace) K Street (#22: Intensely Alice) Kennedy Center (#1c: Lovingly Alice; #12: A on the Outside) L.A. (Los Angeles) La Chic Salon (where A gets her 1st perm when shes 12) (#3: Alice in Rapture) Lawfords (shoe store on Georgia Ave.; goes out of business in Nov. of Alices sr. year) (#23: Alice in Charge) Ledos (restaurant in MD) (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything) Lester Buick (#1c: Lovingly Alice) Levantes (factual Greek restaurant in Bethesda) (#21: Almost Alice) Lids (cap store in mall) (#19: Alice in the Know) Lighthouse Restaurant (in Rehoboth Beach) (#19: Alice in the Know) Limited, The (#18: Alice on Her Way) Lord and Taylors (#15: Simply Alice) Lucky Lady Saloon (in Rehoboth Beach) (#19: Alice in the Know) Macys M Street (in D.C.) (#7: Alice In-Between) Macon Drive (#22: Intensely Alice) Magnificent Mile, the (Chicago) (#22: Intensely Alice) Mall, the (in Washington, D.C.) (#19: Alice in the Know) Maple Avenue (Less apartment is on side street of Maple, in Takoma Park; #18: Alice on Her Way) Margaritaville (in Rehoboth Beach) (#19: Alice in the Know) Marlos (factual furniture store in Rockville; #21: Almost Alice) Martin Luther King Library (#15: Simply Alice) Max Palevsky Residential Commons Max P. (Patricks summer dorm) (#22: Intensely Alice) McDonalds (#16: Patiently Alice) McKeldin Library (U of MD) (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything) Medici, the the Med (Patricks favorite hangout his first summer at college) (#22: Intensely Alice) Methodist Church (#13: The Grooming of Alice) Michigan Avenue (Chicago) (#22: Intensely Alice) Montgomery College (jr. college Lester attended) (#4: Reluctantly Alice) Montgomery County (MD) (#12: A on the Outside) Montgomery County Public Schools (#20: Dangerously Alice) Montgomery Doughnuts (#19: Alice in the Know) Montgomery Mall (in Bethesda; #17: Including Alice)
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    Motor Vehicle Administration MVA (MD) (#18: Alice on Her Way) Nam (for Vietnam) (#25) National Institutes of Health (#16: Patiently Alice) National Zoo (shortened name of zoo in capital) (#17: Including Alice) Naval Academy (U.S., in Annapolis) (#25) Nighttime Fantasies (lingerie shop, just over D.C. line; #21: Almost Alice) Noodle House (Rockville, MD) (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything) Norbeck Road (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything) Nordstrom (department store) (#17: Including Alice) Norfolk Avenue (in Bethesda, near dressmaker, a nice restaurant there) (#17: Including Alice) Normandy Farm (restaurant) (#14: Alice Alone) Old Navy Orange Bowl (in the mall) (#8: Alice the Brave) People Care (soup kitchen in downtown Silver Spring) (#22: Intensely Alice) Pershing (street on which Prices gynecology medical bldg. is located; office on 2nd floor) (#11: Achingly Alice) Phils Crab House (in Ocean City) Pineview Bed-and-Breakfast (in Silver Spring, not far off University Blvd.) (#23: Alice in Charge) Pizza Hut (#10: Outrageously Alice) (theres one half a block from the high school [#18: Alice on Her Way]) Pollys Place (dance club in Chicago area, first stop for Carols bachelorette party (#22: Intensely Alice) Point Overlook (the promontory for which Camp Overlook is named) (#16: Patiently Alice) the overlook Potomac (MD) (#20: Dangerously Alice) Potomac Pizza (#19: Alice in the Know) Purple Heart (charity) (#15: Simply Alice) Putt-Putt Golf (#10: Outrageously Alice) Randolph Road (#22: Intensely Alice) R. B. Roofing (#6: Alice in April) Rehoboth Beach (Delaware resort area) (#19: Alice in the Know) Regenstein Library (U of Chicago campus; the Reg) (#22: Intensely Alice) Reynolds Club (at U of Chicago, akin to a student union) (#22: Intensely Alice) River Road (#19: Alice in the Know) Robert Morris Inn (in Oxford) (#25) Rock Creek Park (#14: Alice Alone) Rockefeller [Memorial] Chapel (U of Chicago campus) (#22: Intensely Alice) Rockville (where girls interview for camp job) (#15: Simply Alice) Rosenthal Honda (#1c: Lovingly Alice) Route 270 (#8: Alice the Brave) Sacred Heart of Our Blessed Mary Middle School (#5: All But Alice) Safeway (grocery store) (#16: Patiently Alice) Saul Road (where Sylvia lives in Kensington) Scan (factual furniture store in Rockville; #21: Almost Alice) Shakeys pizza nearby in Silver Spring Seven Locks Road (Bethesda) (#18: Alice on Her Way) Silver Diner (where the kids like to hang out; #18: Alice on Her Way)
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    Sleepy Inn (motel Les stays at in Chapel Hill) (#23: Alice in Charge) St. Johns (private boys school) (#20: Dangerously Alice) St. Lawrence Seaway (#25) St. Michaels (MD) (#25) Starbucks (#15: Simply Alice) (theres one right next to a CVS; #20: Dangerously Alice) Steak House, the (restaurant in Gaithersburg) (#20: Dangerously Alice) Suburban Hospital (Bethesda; #10: Outrageously Alice, #12: A on the Outside, #15: Simply Alice) Sugarloaf Mountain (#8: Alice the Brave) Sweet Shop (in the mall) (#7: Alice In-Between) Take-out Taxi (Italian fast-food place; delivers) (#16: Patiently Alice) Tastee Diner (factual eatery in Bethesda [though theres one in Silver Spring too]) (#21: Almost Alice) Texaco (open 24 hours, off Georgia Ave.) (#20: Dangerously Alice) Tiddly Winks (shop across from the post office that sponsors earring clubs; carries only pierced earrings; expands to include all kinds of accessories by book #15: Simply Alice) (#5: All But Alice) U.N. (United Nations) (#12: A on the Outside) Union Station (train station from which A departs for Chicago) (#2: The Agony of Alice) University Boulevard (#21: Almost Alice) University of Maryland Victorias Secret (#12: A on the Outside) Viers Mill (#7: Alice In-Between; #18: Alice on Her Way: a street, on way to Wheaton from As house) Wards (in the mall) (#7: Alice In-Between) Water Tower Place (on Michigan Ave. in Chicago) (#22: Intensely Alice) Wayne Avenue (part of the route to orthodontists office; #18: Alice on Her Way) Welch Hall (North Carolina State bldg.) (#23: Alice in Charge) Wendys (in the mall) (#8: Alice the Brave) Wheaton Plaza (bus ride away) (#3: Alice in Rapture) Wheaton Regional Park (#19: Alice in the Know) White Flint Mall (#15: Simply Alice) White Rooster (restaurant/dance place in town by Camp Overlook) (#16: Patiently Alice) Wisconsin Avenue (in Bethesda, has a little shop Sylvia likes, where they get Alices Jack of Hearts dress) (#18: Alice on Her Way) Wisconsin Avenue (in Georgetown) (#20: Dangerously Alice) Wolf Trap (#8: Alice the Brave)

    2. Various Proper Nouns ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Books for the Blind (charitable organization) (#16: Patiently Alice) Bunnies, the (name of Elizabeths camp group) (#16: Patiently Alice) Buzzards, the (name of Craig and Andys camp group) (#16: Patiently Alice) Coyotes, the (name of Gwen and Alices camp group) (#16: Patiently Alice) Department of Recreation (#16: Patiently Alice) Justice Department (in D.C.) (#16: Patiently Alice) Mermaids, the (name of Pamelas camp group) (#16: Patiently Alice) National Guard (#17: Including Alice, p. 35)
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    3. Melody Inn ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! On Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, on a corner, about 4 blocks from Parkhaven Elementary Fire hydrant outside in front (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 132) Part of a chain Small parking lot in back, with MANAGER spot (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 9) Ben holds staff meetings every Friday morning Unnamed part-time clerks on evenings and weekends; various musical instrument instructors (male clarinet instructor married) Open late Friday evenings (#5: All But Alice, p. 18) and Thursday evenings (#14: Alice Alone); closes at 6:00 p.m. otherwise (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 239) Usually closed on Sundays, but opens 7 days a week during holiday season; 11:00 to 5:00 on Sundays (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 175) Show window facing Georgia Ave. has piano in it; window facing side street displays smaller merchandise #1a: Starting with Alice, p. 66: Two floors: first floor contains musical instruments and accessories, sheet music and actual music, etc.; second is divided into glass soundproof cubicles for lessons/practice rooms; low-ceilinged Gift Shoppe under the stairs/loft, with As favorite thing in the store: the gift wheel; has bathrooms; a water cooler near back of store; a storeroom, where theres a little table and chairs for employee breaks/meals (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 150) Store is decorated for holidays week after Thanksgiving (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 149) By Alices senior year, holiday decorations go up right after Halloween instead, in line with other local merchants (though not as promptly); store does Halloween up big (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 174) Big sale each January to sell overstocked X-mas merchandise Sponsors a concert for the homeless at Montgomery College in fall 1993 (#9: Alice in Lace) Dad and Marilyn arent crazy about As friends hanging out there when shes working (#17: Including Alice, p. 224); no personal phone calls either (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 30) Coffee shop right next door (#17: Including Alice, p. 225) Ben needs a new trombone instructor by end of As sophomore year (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 297) Thinking of adding an annex on (theres an available space next door) by that July (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 51); Ben is very disappointed when this doesnt come to pass, when the space is let to a restaurant instead (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 177, 201, 205) Some employees call Ben Mr. M. (use period, per author; #23: Alice in Charge, pp. 175, 207; #24: Incredibly Alice, p. 12) Headquarters announces the close of three stores on the East Coast in fall of Alices sr. year, due to the economy (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 185) Store holds a Valentines contest in Alices senior year: all receipts go into a box from Feb. 112th, drawing on 12th determines what customer wins a dinner for two and a strolling violinist (Marilyn and Kays idea) (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 12) Ben hires two temps in April to help with Easter rush, especially since Alice will miss two weekends for the play (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 145)
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    IV. REPEATED CHARACTERS 1. Extended Family Maries Family Aunt Sally (#1a: Starting with Alice): Maries older sister ! Tall, 170 lbs., gray hair worn in tight, permed curls around her scalp (but used to be strawberry blond)reminds Alice of a cabbage (#17: Including Alice, p. 51); pale, freckled skin (#17: Including Alice, p. 116) ! Four years older than Marie (#17: Including Alice, p. 51), so two years older than Ben; protective of her (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 255) ! Nosy, worrywart ! Very organized ! Clips coupons ! Sews (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 72) ! Blushes when shes embarrassed or angry (#17: Including Alice, p. 115) ! In jr. high or high school, recited Joyce Kilmers Trees to music for a talent show (#5: All But Alice, p. 110) ! Like her sister and daughter, blossomed into womanhood in summer between 7th and 8th grades (#7: Alice In-Between) ! Unlike her sister and daughter, though, always seemed too grown-up for her age, nothing of the free spirit in her; Marie called her the family prude (#17: Including Alice, pp. 51, 116) ! Recalls her embarrassing incident in 8th grade with a sanitary pad for Alice in book #19: Alice in the Know, then shares her theory that men act ridiculous due to trousers and neckties (pp. 114116) ! Was a waitress one summer in her 20s ! Knew Milt only 8 months before they married; stupid on her wedding night, hoping to ease into sex gradually (#17: Including Alice, p. 115); 24 when they married (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 254), dated many men before that who werent right for her very happy with her chance (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 212) ! Maid of honor at Ben and Maries wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 59) ! Took care of the family in Chicago after Marie died (they actually lived with Sallys family for a few years, #12: A on the Outside, p. 131); promised to look after Maries family ! On the phone, saves her most important question for last (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 88) ! Alice finds her easy to talk to (#2: The Agony of Alice) ! Drives a Pontiac (#2: The Agony of Alice) ! Let Alice lick the pans when she made cakes (#9: Alice in Lace) ! She and Uncle Milt attend church on Sundays and then go out to eat (#10: Outrageously Alice) ! She and Milt have a cat (#12: A on the Outside, p. 11) ! Calls the McKinley family about once a week to check up on them (#9: Alice in Lace); by book #18, though, after the marriage, she slows down her calls, so Sylvia wont think shes interfering (Alice on Her Way, p. 82) ! Admits that shes not very good at knowing what to ask / what to tell Alice about growing up, that Carol raised herself in the sex dept. (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 174)
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    Writes a poem inspired by Milts surgery, reads it to Alice, assuming shes always liked her poetry (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 207208) By book #21: Almost Alice, shes taken poetry up as a regular hobby (p. 237) Gets tipsy very easily on very little (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 90) Surprises Alice by recounting her 21st birthday of dancing and champagne (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 157) when she calls for Alices 21st When Alice visits over winter break, senior year, she brings gifts for her and Milt: DVDs from Les and Stacy, framed photo of them with Carol that Dad took, large magnifying glass with a light (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 211) Dies the winter Patricia is in 1st grade, at 71, after a massive stroke (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 353); Dad and Alice fly out together for funeral, Les and Stacy follow

    Visits to the McKinleys o First visit in series (with Milt and Carol) is for the McKinleys first Christmas in MD, during As 3rd-grade year (#1a: Starting with Alice) o Comes to visit in February of As 7th-grade year, when Carol attends a conference in D.C. (#5: All But Alice, p. 51) o Comes to visit in March (#12: A on the Outside, chaps. 1 & 2) of As 8th-grade year, when Carol has another conference in D.C.; they arrive one week after book #12: A on the Outside starts and stay five days (*but book #11: Achingly Alice, p. 120, says 3rd week of April, for four days) o Pops up unannounced in August before As 9th-grade year while Bens in England; was supposed to be on vacation w/Milt in a cottage in Michigan but left here a week early; stays only a few days (#13: Grooming of Alice, chap. 14) o She and Milt take care of Alice when Ben is on his honeymoon, in October of As sophomore year (#17: Including Alice, p. 105) o She and Milt cant make it to Less wedding due to Milts health (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 136) o Insist on coming to Alices (#26, p. 278), stay at McKinley house; night before her wedding, Sally gives her lubrication (p. 482) House o o o o Screened porch with a glider/swing on it and a hammock Separate dining room Guest room has queen bed & daybed Two stories, with bedrooms upstairs; Carols is at the end of the hall, contains a trundle bed as well as her own; still decorated with her high school and college stuff long after shes moved out (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 81)

    Uncle Milt (#1a: Starting with Alice): Sallys husband ! Broad, craggy face; face and hair have thinned as he ages, loose skin under chin (#22: Intensely Alice, pp. 65, 66) ! Eyes that sparkle (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 66) ! Alice is his only niece (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 65) ! Stubborn (#12: A on the Outside) ! Used to sing Alice Blue Gown to Alice at bedtime after reading to her when they lived with Milt and Sally (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 37)
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    Carol (#1a: Starting with Alice): Alices cousin; Sally & Milts only child ! Although early books vary on how old Carol is in relation to Lestwo years per #1a: Starting with Alice (p. 9) and #1b: Alice in Blunderland (p. 145); three years per #5: All But Alice (p. 55)book #12 (Alice on the Outside) and thereafter clarify that its somewhere more than three but less than four full years, since shes specified as eight to his five in one old photo (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 98) and twelve to his eight in the made-up anecdote he tells at her wedding (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 92) ! Attractive/pretty, tall, strawberry blond hairsame color as Alices (worn shoulder length and turned under at the ends at time of Bens wedding; #17: Including Alice, p. 121; by her wedding in book #22, Intensely Alice, she seems to have added highlights, p. 70), very green, smiling eyes, her fathers arched eyebrows, dimples (#17, p. 121), freckles; looks a lot like Sally and how Alice imagines her mother looked; and Alice thinks shes pretty enough to be a model and thats shes NewYork-City glamorous (#17, p. 121) ! More easy-going and spontaneous than her mother; a free spirit (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 174); vivacious and funny (#17: Including Alice, p. 51) ! Blossomed summer after 7th grade (#7: Alice In-Between) ! Laughs a lot ! Alice sees her as suave and sophisticated ! Alice makes her a bead bracelet for Christmas in her 4th-grade year (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 47) ! Went to college [Northwestern now seems iffy; but it is Bens and Larrys alma mater] in Chicago (dropped out after the elopement) (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 145 ; #20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 99, 106) ! Got married in April of As 4th-grade year, a year and half before book #2 (despite small error in book #2: The Agony of Alice, p. 104, that says only one year earlier) at 19 years old to sailor in the navy (called The Jerk in book #12: A on the Outside, p. 27); the McKinleys find out from Sallys phone call: she left school and eloped one weekendher parents didnt know until she sent a postcard from their honeymoon in Mexico and theyd never even met the guy (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 145); announcement of divorce comes with another call from Sally one mid-May evening in As 5th-grade year; Carol gets an apt. near her folks (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 135)
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    In book #20: Dangerously Alice (pp. 106107), Carol recounts the whole relationship for Alice: met him while she was studying in a deli near campus on a warm March day, when he was stationed in Chicago; went for a walk in a nearby park; he was funny and so much more exciting than her school routine that she married him after only one month and quit school; but his wild and crazy ways werent so attractive over time, and he was unfaithful After the divorce she enrolls in night school, takes some business courses, earns her degree, and gets a job as secretary for a nursing association (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 107) Goes on a vacation to Florida with a girlfriend in January of As 7th-grade year (#5: All But Alice, p. 14) Attends 3-day conference in D.C. in February of As 7th-grade year; stays w/her mom at the McKinley house (#5: All But Alice, p. 51); ditto for March of As 8thgrade year (#12: A on the Outside, chaps. 1 & 2) Sends Alice clothes she doesnt wear anymore, but theyre always in good shape Hits it off with Less roommate Paul when shes in MD for the wedding and they have a date that Sunday night, dinner and some clubs in D.C. (#17: Including Alice, p. 122) Dating a nice man by summer before As jr. year (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 216) turns out to be Lawrence in book #20: Dangerously Alice Comes with Larry over Thanksgiving of As jr. year (#20: Dangerously Alice, chap. 7): there for a hotel management convention for Larry, staying at the Capital Hilton; Carol sleeps over to spend some time with Alice, tells her how they met when she was at a nursing convention in Boston and had trouble getting in her room at the hotel where he was manager-in-training at the time; four months later, they began dating and fell in love; hes tender with her, they seem very happy; she moved out of her apt. and into his just two days ago, but Carol hasnt told Sally yet; wants to be sure before she marries again; Sally and Milt finally find out about the cohabitation right before X-mas (#20, p. 281) By now, assistant manager of the same nursing association shes worked for for years; she enjoys the work but makes half of what Larry does (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 100) On Alices birthday in book #21: Almost Alice, Sally and Milt report that Carol and Larry (whom they like) are planning to marry in July, reception at the hotel Larry manages (p. 236) The summer wedding takes place in book #22: Intensely Alice (see Section VI below for all details) Surprises Alice by showing up for her high school graduation (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 276) Living in Pennsylvania with Larry by time of Less wedding, which they attend (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 136); short, breezy haircut By time of Alices wedding, just started a new job in PA (#26, p. 259) She and Alice have a bonding experience after Sally dieswhen they go through her things together and discover relics from Sally and Maries infancy (#26, p. 356) Conscious decision not to have kids (#26, p. 356) By time of Milts death, she loves her executive job for a nursing association (#26, p. 404)

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    Bens Family (all in Nashville, #19: Alice in the Know, p. 2) Grandma Gladys McKinley (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 73; first name given in #17: Including Alice, p. 58): Dads mom ! Died of a heart attack before Alice was born (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 73) Grandpa McKinley (#1a: Starting with Alice): Dads dad ! In a wheelchair ! Doesnt hear well ! 93 years old in #1a: Starting with Alice (when Alice is 8) ! Shaggy eyebrows, dark brown eyes ! Confused a lot by the time Alice is 15 1/2 (#17: Including Alice, p. 57) ! Liked Marie best of all his daughters-in-law because of her smile (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 246) ! Dies of congestive heart failure at 101 years old, upstairs in Uncle Harolds house, in September of As junior year; withered and small, wisps of white hair (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 270, chap. 18) ! Very simple memorial service planned, since none of his friends are left; just his favorite hymn, favorite scripture (1 Corinthians: 13, also Dads favorite) (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 272) ! Used to supervise the trimming of the X-mas tree from his recliner (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 280) Uncle Charlie McKinley (#1a: Starting with Alice): Dads brother ! One of Dads 3 brothers, his favorite, not one of the twins ! Resembles Ben ! Drives an Oldsmobile ! Taught Ben to drive ! Marges pet name for him is Chums ! Dies at 57 (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 10) of a heart attack in #1a: Starting with Alice (p. 86), two days into his honeymoon with Marge in Bermuda (married the weekend of Thanksgiving when Alice is in 3rd grade) Aunt Marge (#1a: Starting with Alice): Uncle Charlies new bride ! Apple cheeks, heavy arms, warm smile ! Charlies brothers and their wives take her into the McKinley family immediately, despite the short marriage (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 274) Uncle Howard McKinley (#1a: Starting with Alice) ! One of Dads three brothers, older than him, in his 60s by #17: Including Alice, p. 72, when Alice is 15 1/2 ! Harolds twin ! Looks like an older version of Ben, mostly his smile, but with gray hair, sagging skin on cheeks and eyes (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 266) ! Has a barbershop (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 272) ! Calls their city Silver Sprangs
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    Aunt Linda McKinley (#1a: Starting with Alice): Uncle Howards wife; w/grown kids Uncle Harold McKinley (#1a: Starting with Alice) ! One of Dads three brothers older than him, in his 60s by #17: Including Alice, p. 72, when Alice is 15 1/2 ! Howards twin, but thinner (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 267) ! Lives in TN, yellow frame two-story house; grapevine wallpaper on staircase; oldfashioned, dark-wood dining room, oval table, pictures on all the walls (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 267268, 271) ! Also calls their city Silver Sprangs Aunt Vivian McKinley (#1a: Starting with Alice): Uncle Harolds wife; no kids; they take care of Grandpa McKinley ! Plays the piano (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 272) ! Has family scrapbooks (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 274) Sylvias Family Kirk (#6: Alice in April, p. 139; #17: Including Alice, pp. 1719): Sylvias older brother ! Wife and kids (one son in the U.S. Marines [#17, p. 54], one daughter) ! Lives in Seattle ! Politically active ! Not so close, he treated her like she was stupid, they disagreed over politics mainly; but Nancys illness brought them closer, as he called every day and flew down twice ! Tall (taller than Ben); hair gray around temples; square face, wide forehead; he and his wife look alike (#17: Including Alice, p. 54) ! Both he and his wife seem uptight, formal, structured Nancy (#15: Simply Alice, p. 98): Sylvias younger sister ! Two years younger than Sylvia (#17: Including Alice, p. 18) ! Lives in Albuquerque, NM (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 13) ! Warm smile like Sylvias, gray eyes, a bit puffy around the face, enough of a resemblance to her sister to make it noticeable (#17: Including Alice, p. 54) ! Theyre extremely close, best friends, slept in same bed as kids (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 23), played dolls, hopscotch, sang duets, did each others hair, etc. (#15: Simply Alice, p. 98) ! Married once but divorced, grew apart, seems happy being single; Sylvia not totally clear on what ended the marriage (#17: Including Alice, p. 21) ! Supposed to be Sylvias maid of honor but in July of Alices pre-sophomore year, she gets sick with septicemia after a bowel operation, followed by kidney failure and then dialysis; by end of book #16: Patiently Alice, kidneys are operational and dialysis is less frequent; makes it to the wedding, but isnt well enough to stand through whole ceremony ! Still alive at end of series, still out west, but she and Sylvia see each other infrequently; by end of book, Sylvia will invite her to visit, then stay on to live with her if it works out (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 500)
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    Margaret (#6: Alice in April; given a name in #17: Including Alice): Sylvias niece ! Made Sylvia a yellow sweater (#6: Alice in April, p. 139) ! 19 years old at time of wedding (when Alice is 15 1/2); comes to wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 54) ! Like her parents, seems rigid, formal, uptight ! Does Alices hair and makeup for weddingvery good at that 2. Closest Friends (In alphabetical order) A. Pamela Jones (#2: The Agony of Alice; Pam, starting in high school [#14: Alice Alone]) Physical Characteristics & General Info ! A little older than Alice (her b-day is before Alices [#7: Alice In-Between, p. 3; #12: A on the Outside, p. 2]; has to be around early March based on book #12: A on the Outside, p. 2) ! Has known Liz since kindergarten (#25: Alice on Board, p. 153) ! Very pretty ! Long blond hair that has never been cut (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 60) until the Disaster in coed volleyball in May in 7th grade, when Brian knots her hair with gum (#7: Alice In-Between, pp. 5759); she gets a short feather cut (she saves her hair); hair still short summer after 9th grade (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 7); short and layered in 10th and 11th grades (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 9; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 21); starts to let it grow out summer before sr. year, hopes to get it shoulderlength before college (#22: Intensely Alice, pp. 142, 143) ! Pierced ears since 3rd grade, but only in 7th does her mother let her start wearing anything more than little gold balls (#5: All But Alice) ! Dresses (sometimes all in black) and looks older than her age, especially after she cuts her hair (#7: Alice In-Between, pp. 4, 60) ! Her color is blue (#10: Outrageously Alice) ! Puts blue streak in the middle of her hair right before high school starts (#14: Alice Alone, p. 11) ! Pimples on forehead ever since middle school (#15: Simply Alice, p. 19) ! Weighs 105 lbs. in 1st semester of jr. year (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 26) ! All parts of her are shapely (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 4) ! If she could change one thing about herself: to tan more easily; but likes her butt (#24: Incredibly Alice, pp. 28, 33) ! Cheeks get red when shes really mad (#25: Alice on Board, p. 95) ! Born with just a little blond hair, like corn silk (#25: Alice on Board, p. 260) ! #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything: stays svelte her whole life; in fact, her figure/weight at 60 is much the same as it was in high school; stays blond, with hair of varying lengths throughout adulthood (p. 503); but slightly stoop-shouldered by then, having trouble with her back History with Alice
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    Personality Traits ! Flirtatious, adventurous ! Artsy: paints, dances ! Likes to answer phone after 2.5 rings ! Shes the one of the three that always has the info on stuff ! Sleeps noisily; likes to sleep in but to stay up late (#3: Alice in Rapture); hates it when her friends tell her she snores (#21: Almost Alice, p. 161) ! The only one of the three to always carry a purse (#3: Alice in Rapture) ! Likes the Velvet Pistols, particularly their drummer, Izzy (#5: All But Alice, p. 36; #16: Patiently Alice, p. 189) ! Favorite dessert: cheesecake (#7: Alice In-Between) ! God is a spirit to her, not a corporeal being (#7: Alice In-Between) ! Good diver (#8: Alice the Brave) ! Doesnt like funerals (#13: Grooming of Alice) ! Wants to be model or actress (#15: Simply Alice); on Broadway by book #21: Almost Alice (p. 158) ! Sophisticated (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 28) ! Voice gets sultry when talking to boys she likes; acts blas (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 34) ! Calls sexy guys Studly (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 111) ! Favorite color: purple (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 92) ! Thinks she dreams in black and white (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 93) ! Favorite ice cream flavor: coffee (#21: Almost Alice, p. 215) Residence & Family Life ! Lives a few blocks away from Alice & Liz (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 154; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 37) ! Has female cousin in NJ; goes to visit her 3rd week of July summer before 12th grade (returns on Sunday, July 19, slightly tan) (#22: Intensely Alice, pp. 140, 142) ! Has two divorced aunts and one divorced grandmother ! Trundle bed in family room, where the girls sleep during slumber parties (though in book #8: Alice the Brave, suddenly theyre in a double bed and a cot in Pamelas room) ! Her side yard has a sycamore tree ! Aunt and uncle come for Thanksgiving in 9th grade; go out to eat at Normandy Farm (#14: Alice Alone) ! Phone has caller ID (#17: Including Alice, p. 25) ! Parents separation/divorce details:
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    o Alice saw Pamelas parents as an attractive and cool couple when they were together (#25: Alice on Board, p. 156) o Mr. and Mrs. Jones argued a lot even before things go awry (#14: Alice Alone, p. 124) o They separate in early November of Pams 8th-grade year (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 56), upsetting Pam greatly (in book #11: Achingly Alice: Achingly Alice as well); this takes its toll on her and is a continuing theme o Very angry at her mother and starts acting out (#12: A on the Outside, p. 69 and passim) o Fighting with her dad summer before 9th grade, hes afraid shell turn out like her mother; they have a fight and slap each other, Pam escapes to As without anyone knowing to punish him (#13: Grooming of Alice, pp. 78, 80, 82, 178) o Pam thinks her mothers acts are very selfish (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 83) o Decides to go live w/her mom near end of book #13: The Grooming of Alice (p. 177), plane booked for next week (mid-August); dad doesnt want her to go, wont help her get ready; Lester drives them to airport for afternoon flight (chap. 12) o Pam returns to Silver Spring in late August, after 3 weeks away: hated her moms boyfriend, whom she didnt trust sexually and whom she suspects is cheating; mother sent her home, had long talk w/dad, he gets them counseling (#13: The Grooming of Alice, chap. 14) o Throughout book #14: Alice Alone, Pam and her dad make a conscious effort to get along better (p. 67) o Book #15: Simply Alice: Mrs. Jones writes to Mr. Jones, wanting to come back home, but Mr. Jones rejects the idea (p. 185) o Book #16: Patiently Alice: Pam is still moody (p. 8) over family situation; Mrs. Joness letter apologizing for her folly and saying that running off was a huge mistake doesnt sway her husband; hes not interested in any kind of reconciliation and wont open the door when she pops up announced in late summer after Ps 9th-grade year; Pam just wants the matter settled, one way or the other; Mrs. Jones writes to Pam at camp and tells her she wants to visit, but not when (p. 118); once in town, P tells her mom shes not ready to talk things out yet and she doesnt want to be the go-between for her parents (chap. 15); but her mom rents an apt. in Wheaton and plans to stay in town and try to work things out with her family (p. 167) o Book #17: Including Alice: Status quo during first semester of Pams sophomore year: Mom still unsuccessfully trying to get back in her husbands good graces, still complaining to Pamela about him and making her daughter feel uncomfortable though shes desperate to be included in her daughters life; but Pam doesnt want to be in the middle of it and hasnt yet gone to visit her mother in her new apt., though she sees her in the fall (pp. 112, 120); suspects her mother of having a drinking problem (p. 265); spends New Years with her, since spent Christmas with her father (p. 264) o Book #18: Alice on Her Way: Her mom buys her dress for the dance at Nordstrom, with her employee discount, so Pam goes over to get it and brings along Alice and Liz (Alice spots a bottle of beer on the counter); shes emotional when she sees the guest room her mother has prepared for her; the two cant bridge the gap, awkward around each other (chap. 6); Pam is furious when her mom signs up as one of the chaperones for the school trip; Dad hasnt been dating
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    anymore lately (p. 175); Pam suspects her father still loves his wife, that their constant arguing is some sort of passionate substitute for sex (p. 175); relationship with Mom improves toward the end of the book, after she gets her mothers apology note in April (p. 239) and they set a hiking date (p. 285); Pam vents on the hike, Mom mostly listens but asks Pam to give her a chance, which she agrees to, and they decide to meet once a month for a joint activity that will allow them to talk (pp. 311313) o Book #19: Alice in the Know: Behind the scenes, Mr. and Mrs. Jones have gotten divorced officially; Meredith, the nurse, has been spending the night (p. 94); Dads being very nice to Pam these days (p. 93); Mrs. Jones does know about Meredith, but none of the details (p. 172); she claims to be over her ex-husband, but Pam doubts that (p. 72); Bill and Meredith get engaged at the beach, in midAugust (p. 179), which Pams mom takes surprisingly well (p. 210) o Pam and her mom are still making progress, talking about things they couldnt before (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 269) As Pam continues to long for a family she can count on, she realizes Alice and Liz are her familythe unchanging thing in her life (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 184) In 11th grade, spends X-mas with her mother, New Years with her father, who has a party (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 263) Though Pam seems to be slowly recovering from her mothers abandonment years ago, they still argue a lot and Pam doesnt confide in her about things like boyfriends (#21: Almost Alice, p. 46) Pam doesnt even tell her mother about her role in Guys and Dolls in book #21: Almost Alice, even though her dad and Meredith come to a performance and bring her flowers (p. 206); however, her mom is the only adult in her life she confides her pregnancy to; we find out later that she reacted very well, offered to support Pam in whatever decision she made, even inviting her and the baby to move in with her (#25: Alice on Board, p. 276) After that, theyre closer (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 5) Her dad doesnt let her take the car much, so by 2nd semester of 12th grade, she still doesnt have much driving experience (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 131) Her mom is too needy, selfishly burdening her with her problems, the summer after high school, when shes working on the cruise ship; Pam is sick of it (#25: Alice on Board, p. 95) To even Pamelas surprise, seems she still wants her parents to get back togetheror at least longs for the family she wanted them to be (#25: Alice on Board, p. 185) Dad and Meredith take her cruise 2nd week of July (#25: Alice on Board, p. 147) and then her mother shows up too; ends up to be a disaster when Sherry fakes man overboard right when Pam comes home, has to pick her mom up at hospital for overnight observation following car accident (p. 257) Pam considers not going to college in NY, after allthinks her mother needs her too muchbut her friends convince her to help her mother with her injury and with AA enrollment before she leaves, but to still leave (#25: Alice on Board, chap. 21)

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    o On bulletin board: pictures of movie stars/singers, a dried rose from Mark S., autograph from Madonna, pom-pom from NJ cousin, photo of her and Mark from back walking arm in arm w/hands in back pockets o Redecorated bulletin board: The Pamela Possibilities: Pam in all kinds of professional uniforms (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 227) School Details & Education ! 6th-grade teacher: Mrs. Plotkin (#2: Agony of Alice) ! Moves from substitute to full safety patrol in 6th grade once one of the other patrols resigns (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 97) ! 6th-grade episode: called a Volvo vulva out loud in front of whole class; told in retrospect, in book #18: Alice on Her Way, p. 152 ! Assignment in 8th-grade Critical Choices unit in health class: pregnancy; result: have baby but give it up for adoption (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 5, 111) ! Doesnt plan to enroll in any extracurricular activities in sophomore year; too busy worrying about her home life (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 215) ! 10th grade: on the school bus before Alices and Lizs pickup in the morning (#17: Including Alice, p. 160) ! Thinking about a theater arts school instead of college (#17: Including Alice, p. 201) ! Takes French in junior year (#21: Almost Alice, p. 155); in same sociology class as Alice 2nd semester (#21, p. 243) ! Before last year of high school starts, not sure what she wants to do after graduation; is considering: college; theater arts school; costumer design (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 179); by senior year, fashion design is out, and either theater or advertising is in (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 20), so long as she attends college in New York (#23, p. 7); behind-the-scenes to Theater Arts College in Manhattangets half scholarship applies to four schools in Manhattan (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 27); in April, gets awarded half scholarship to theater arts college after auditioning there behind-thescenes, unbeknownst to her friends in April (#24, p. 112) ! Attends the theater arts college in NY (tiny dorm room, #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 3), gets her associates degree in theater there before segueing over to advertising (p. 131), where she stays for rest of her career ! Modeling class sophomore year (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 113) ! Post-sophomore-year summer theater program in London (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 77) Personal History ! 6th-grade Halloween costume: the front of the horse, with Alice as the back (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 60) ! 6th-grade play part: Rosebud (lead role) (#2: The Agony of Alice, pp. 82, 83) ! Doesnt give Alice a V-day card in 6th grade, still not speaking over school play fiasco (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 89) ! Has the battered globe from Mrs. Plotkins 6th-grade class (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 127) ! Bikini top slid down in ocean when on vacation w/Alice in Ocean City (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 99) ! Member of the Seventh Grade Chorus ! Gets the flu in January of 7th grade (#5: All But Alice) ! 7th-grade state name is Wyoming (#6: Alice in April)
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    Trip to Chicago in summer after 7th grade is her first overnight train ride; roomette 6; thats when Bill Donovan touches one of her breasts (#7: Alice In-Between) Starts wearing deodorant summer before 8th grade (#8: Alice the Brave, pp. 4344) 8th-grade activities: tap and gymnastics (#10: Outrageously Alice) 8th-grade Halloween costume: same cat costume she wore for a dance recital once and to serve Les breakfast in book #9: Alice in Lace (pp. 17, 20), except with black tights (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 29) Starts hanging out with the Bikers in March of 8th-grade year during CRW (#12: A on the Outside, p. 52) and then skips school for the first time with them and lets a boy touch her breasts for 3 seconds (pp. 62, 6668) Sometime in 8th grade, she painted J-U-I-C-Y on each set of toenails; gym teacher made her get rid of the letters with polish remover (#21: Almost Alice, p. 257) Red bikini w/halter top (#13: Grooming of Alice) As remembrances of them before she leaves for CO, Elizabeth gives her a St. Agnes card to protect her from rape, and A gives her the empty Milky Way wrapper from Patrick since P knows how much that means to her (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 183), returns it when she comes back home (#14: Alice Alone, p. 117) When 5 or 6, girl threw rocks at her at playground, stayed away all summer, never told her parents (#14: Alice Alone, p. 200) Drops out of Drama Club 2nd semester freshman year, the first indication that the competition in high school is intimidating to her (#15: Simply Alice, pp. 7, 52) Starts voice lessons 2nd half of 9th grade (#15: Simply Alice, p. 8); still attending in 1st semester of 10th grade (#17: Including Alice, p. 203) and still taking lessons in 2nd semester of 11th grade (#21: Almost Alice, p. 11) At some unspecified point in the past, shes been on a horse (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 109) Has a cell phone (#17: Including Alice, p. 194) Proposes that all 3 of them lose their virginity at the same time, on prom night (girls dont agree) (#17: Including Alice, p. 201) Alice vows to sign Pam back up for Drama Club in January if she doesnt do it herself, not just to pursue her goals, but to give her an enjoyable diversion from her family life (#17: Including Alice, p. 203); Alice follows through on this vow (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 5), and Pams on the props committee for the spring production (#18, p. 43), then she and Harry do volunteer performances of a skit out in the community, which helps restore her confidence (#18, pp. 284285) 10th-grade New Years Eve: spends it with her mother, since she spent X-mas with her father (#17: Including Alice, p. 264) Wears tampons (#17: Including Alice, p. 47) IM computer ID/screen name by sophomore year: pjhotbabe (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 23) Has started her requisite 30 hours of drivers ed in a Saturday class by Feb. of 10th grade (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 61) Passes her drivers test the first time out, though her dad wont let her drive yet (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 296) In Sept. of jr. year, attends the 2nd SP (Silent Party: one of the midnight skinnydipping sessions at Marks), then the soccer field, where everyone rips on everyone else and labels are assigned to fellow students (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 3) 11th-grade Spirit Week Pajama Day: wears duck slippers that quack (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 22)
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    Jobs & Volunteer Work ! Becomes junior consultant for Tiddly Winks 2nd semester of freshman year, 2 nights a week and Sunday afternoons, 2nd week of Feb. through end of March (w/Elizabeth) (#15: Simply Alice, pp. 89, 18) ! Book #16, Patiently Alice: At Camp Overlook, shes in cabin 12 (with co-counselor Doris) and her group name is the Mermaids; her condom-throwing wish is an unspecified thought about her mother (p. 149) ! Summer after freshman year: After Camp Overlook, part-time dog walking (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 184) ! Post-10th-grade summer job: Burger King in the food court of Wheaton Plaza (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 4) ! Post-11th-grade summer job: clerk at G Street Fabrics (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 238) (also volunteered for one week in July at the soup kitchen with Alice) ! By time of Lizs wedding, Pam is working and living in New York City, full-time advertising job she loves (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 247) Love Life ! 1st boyfriend: Mark, summer after 6th grade (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 4); first fight is over her new bra (the Up-Lift Spandex Ahh-Bra [#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 52] from Sears [#16: Patiently Alice, p. 217]); her mother makes them break it off right before 7th grade starts (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 157), though theyre still sometimes together in 7th and going steady over the summer before 8th (#8: Alice the Brave)

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    B. Patrick Long (#2: The Agony of Alice) Physical Characteristics & General Info ! Birthday: July 21, 1980 (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 118); couple months younger than Alice (#3: Alice in Rapture) ! An only child ! Orangey-red hair (pretty long summer before 10th grade, hanging down side of his forehead), tall, lean; fair skin, freckles (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 167) (resembles Mr. Everett, but w/different hair color); by As jr. year, his hair is less fiery but still clearly red, with a faint red hair above his lip and orange eyebrows (#21: Almost Alice, p. 115); more brown by Marks funeral (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 254); and a darker red, a reddish brown, by Alices senior year in college, when they run into each other in Chicago airport (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 214) ! Has to be careful in the sun; freckles get a shade darker in summer (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 94) ! 4 taller than Alice when theyre 13, almost 5 when theyre 14 (he always looks taller to Alice than expected when she hasnt seen him for a while, #16: Patiently Alice, p. 167); keeps getting taller, maybe an inch every semester of high school (#17: Including Alice, p. 99) ! Doesnt really tan, only burns ! Voice starts deepening and shoulders broaden in 8th grade (#9: Alice in Lace) ! By end of high school, when Alice first sees him in only a T-shirt, she can see how muscular his top half has become with all the landscaping work (#21: Almost Alice, p. 130) ! Stays fit and trim by running all through his adulthood ! Deep creases on sides of mouth by 40 years old (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 417) History with Alice (See also Relationship with Patrick in Alice section above):
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    Personality Traits ! Very different from Alice: hes never embarrassed, confident, always has something to talk about ! But by end of high school, he talks less about whats going on in his life and asks Alice more about hers (#21: Almost Alice, p. 115) ! Plays the drums; has a 6-pc. Ludwig drum set: silver drums, black & green sparkles on sides, leather stool ! Also plays cymbals, marimba, piano & can sing ! Acts older than his age ! Draws well (#4: Reluctantly Alice) ! Viewed as very self-sufficient (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 187) ! Not into frilly stuff, like clothes, flowers, photos, dance details (#21: Almost Alice, p. 255) ! Isnt keen on small talkdoesnt send useless e-mails, texts only when its important, calls only when theres something to say (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 140) ! Converses well with adults (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 226) ! When he returns from Madagascar, Alice says hes the same but not the same: quieter, more thoughtful, having seen more of the world, not as quick to have opinions on things (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 233) ! Likes to make a differencecommunity/civic minded, illustrated through such things as heading a food drive at church and involvement in local politics (#26, pp. 459, 460) Residence & Family Life ! Moved to town before Patricks 6th-grade year (theyve been in Silver Spring 7 or 8 years by the time Alice a senior in high schoollonger than anywhere else) (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 271; #24: Incredibly Alice, p. 139) ! Lived in 4 different countries before that (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 139), including Germany, Spain, Japan (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 95), since dad is a diplomat (#5: All But Alice, p. 47; #11: Achingly Alice, p. 8) for the State Department (#12: A on the Outside, p. 38; #13: Grooming of Alice, p. 19); retired from that job by book #24: Incredibly Alice, p. 244 ! Has been to Hawaii (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 95) ! Lives 8 blocks away from Alice (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 124), about 5 blocks from her junior high school bus stop (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 162) ! Formal dining room ! Basement: family room, fireplace, Patricks drums at other end ! Rather formal dining at his house ! Parents look like theyd be stuffy, but theyre not ! Stays home for spring vacation in 6th grade (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 119) ! Spends his summers in Oregon at his grandparents (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 95) ! Had a grandfather who lived to 92 (#6: Alice in April) ! Has set of grandparents who come over X-mas in 8th grade (#11: Achingly Alice) ! Has an aunt (#17: Including Alice, p. 100) ! Parents honeymooned in Paris (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 30)
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    School History ! Safety patrol at Parkhaven (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 39); hes in Miss Coles class in 6th grade (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 26) ! Very smart: Alice thinks theres no subject he cant handle, he never seems to need help w/homework (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 164) ! Member of the band in jr. high ! For talent show in 7th grade, does a drum solo, gets an encore, wins 2nd prize (#5: All But Alice, pp. 112, 114) ! Throws up on the bus one morning in winter of 7th grade (#5: All But Alice, 132); has the bug for a couple of days ! Sylvia was one of his teachers in junior high (#21: Almost Alice, p. 111) ! Wants to be a marine biologist (ever since trip to Sea World when he was little) or a drummer when he grows up (#9: Alice in Lace) ! 8th-grade activities: school band (drum solo in jazz number at bands concert in Dec.), school newspaper, debate team, track team (#9: Alice in Lace), vice president of student council (#10: Outrageously Alice), French Club, chess (#11: Achingly Alice); wants to be on swim team too, but no time ! Goes to state band competition in Towson one Saturday in April of 8th grade (they get 2nd in performance, 3rd in sight-reading) (#12: A on the Outside, pp. 114, 126) ! Wins drum solo for winter concert in 9th grade (#14: Alice Alone, p. 107) ! 9th-grade band competition in Nov. in Frostburg: band came in 2nd in overall performance (#14: Alice Alone, p. 157) ! In accelerated program in high school: finish in 3 years instead of 4 (#14: Alice Alone, p. 20) ! Summer school after freshman year: takes two AP coursesEuropean history and psychologyboth difficult, both morning classes (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 160) ! Very busy in sophomore year with studying, band, and track (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 8) ! 2nd-year course load included an economics class (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 233) ! Summer school again after 10th grade as part of his accelerated program; Alices jr. year will be Patricks sr. year, so hell start touring colleges in the fall; plans to apply to University of Chicago and Bennington, for starters (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 41) ! By August before his last year of high school, wants to go into international relations, but not in the capacity of a diplomat like his father, more hands-on work, overseas (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 148) ! Has 2nd period, World History, with Alice in her jr. year, his last year (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 233, 236); instead of lunch, takes calculus (#19, p. 236) ! Doesnt go to Homecoming Dance that year because he visits colleges that weekend (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 83); eventually decides on early entry to University of Chicago, but poli-sci over international relations now, so he can stray from his dads path a bit (#20, p. 293) ! Attends a three-day science competition in Baltimore the weekend after Valentines Day in As jr. year/his sr. year (#21: Almost Alice, p. 51)
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    Personal History ! Speaks Spanish, has eaten squid, and can count in Japanese (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 95), but hasnt ever ridden on a train and hadnt heard of cornish hen (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 119)
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    Gifts 12th birthday (#3: Alice in Rapture): From Alice: Lucite drum set miniature & chocolate-covered potato chips (p. 28) 13th birthday (#7: Alice In-Between): From Alice: Hermit crab (w/bowl, sand & shells) from gift shop in Chicago (p. 119) From dad: Zildjian cymbal (p. 132) 8th-grade X-mas (#11: Achingly Alice): From Alice: framed candid photo of herself that Sam shot (p. 34) Alices 12th-grade X-mas (#23: Alice in Charge): From Alice: gray sweater with narrow black stripes (p. 301) Love Life ! Alice and he date from end of 6th grade to middle of 9th (see Alices section above for details) ! Dates Penny when he and A break up (#14: Alice Alone, p. 154 onward, throughout book #15: Simply Alice); mutual breakup w/Penny when they dont have enough time for each other, June after 9th grade (#15: Simply Alice, p. 200) ! Karen tells Alice that Penny asked Patrick out for Oct. 18th in Sept. of sophomore year, but it ends up she just offered him a free ticket to a concert (#17: Including Alice, pp. 14, 156) ! Takes Marcie to 10th-grade Jack of Hearts dance and seems to casually date her thereafter, but we dont hear anything else about his love life until he asks Alice to his senior prom in five months on New Years Day of her junior year, at the end of book #20: Dangerously Alice ! In #24: Incredibly Alice, Penny finally explains to Alice what she thinks their relationship meanthow she never felt Patrick seriously liked her, at least not the way he liked Alice (p. 213) C. Elizabeth Ann Price (#2: The Agony of Alice; Liz starting in high school [#14: Alice Alone]) Physical Characteristics & General Info ! Definitely younger than Alice, with birthday in December (#12: A on the Outside, p. 3) (so ignore book #2: The Agony of Alice, p. 44, which says July, and book #7: Alice In-Between, p. 3, which says fall), for shes still 12 after December of 7th grade (per #6: Alice in April) ! Youngest of the 3 friends ! Has known Pamela since kindergarten (#25: Alice on Board, p. 153)
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    History with Alice ! One of As two best friends since 6th grade, though not close friends until the summer after 6th grade ! They met the first day Alice moved in (see #2: The Agony of Alice, pp. 1315); she and her mother watched the McKinleys move in, sitting on their front porch in matching skirts reading a magazine together (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 4) ! She puts a daisy over the i in Alice whenever she writes Al notes (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 255) ! Always stays in close touch with Alice, starting with frequent texts in freshman year of college (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 26) Personality Traits ! Most prudish & modest of the three friends ! Easily embarrassed; blushes a lot ! Never answers phone on first ring so wont appear too eager ! Sleeps quietly; gets up around 9 when not in school ! Wears cotton jockey underwear ! Gets fixated on things ! Gullible; not the most advanced sense of humor (#17: Including Alice, p. 167) ! Very concerned about what others think of her; tries to please others ! Familiar with all the fish and insects on camping trip (#8: Alice the Brave) ! Likes the era of the troubadours (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Plans out her days, each is sacred (#14: Alice Alone) ! Hints about a secret start emerging in book #14: Alice Alone: always holds a little back of herself when she confides in her friends (p. 31); shies away from physical contact (p. 33); looks for reasons to avoid getting close to a boy ! Voice gets higher when talking to boys she likes; acts enthusiastic (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 34) ! Very careful dresser; needs assurances on what to wear and how (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 169)
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    Residence & Family Life ! Lives across the street from A in Silver Spring in a big white house (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 22), with front, back, and side yard, and a linden tree at the curb (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 1); manicured lot (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 4); used to live in D.C., near Rock Creek Park ! Porch with railing has seating, a wicker coffee table (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 7) ! House has a basement (with windows), where the fire starts on Sunday, April 13, of Lizs junior year, when her push-up bra is somehow ignited in the dryer (#21: Almost Alice, p. 178) ! Catholic upbringing ! Big photo of her First Communion over the sofa, right when you walk in her house: in white dress, lacy gloves, veil, hands help up like in prayer, prayer book in lap in white flowers on it ! Very proper household: everything personal hidden away (#8: Alice the Brave) ! Living room: formal, with gathered mauve drapes on picture window, long couch, Oriental rug (one frayed corner), Queen Anne coffee table (with figurines put away once Nathan can get to them), wing chair (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 138139); lamp table (#8: Alice the Brave), half-globe bookends, photo of a grandparent (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 242) ! Large, close family that has a three-day reunion the July after 10th grade (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 1): o Has an Aunt Betsy (#3: Alice in Rapture) o An aunt was someones maid of honor the summer before Es 10th grade (#17: Including Alice, p. 59) o Has an aunt that married her high school sweetheart (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 113) o Has relatives in Pennsylvania (#10: Outrageously Alice) o Grandparents (#11: Achingly Alice); they come for 9th-grade Thanksgiving o Lots of cousins (including one 12-year-old boy), numerous uncles (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 1) ! Alice never sees her and her mom fight until argument over piano lessons in book #14: Alice Alone, p. 82
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    School Details & Education ! 6th-grade teacher: Mr. Weber (#2: Agony of Alice, p. 26) ! 6th-grade play part: one of the three lead sisters (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 82) ! Doesnt go on end-of-year trip w/Mr. Webers class because shes sick with 103 fever (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 123); Alice gives her her St. Agnes card ! Assignment for 8th-grade Critical Choices unit in health class: buy a car; result: decides to wait until enough money to buy used car outright (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 4, 111) ! Has 3 classes her sophomore year that she hates: American politics, geometry, and physical science (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 215) ! Has taken some Spanish (#21: Almost Alice, p. 43) ! 11th grade, 2nd semester: English lit (right after lunch) (#21: Almost Alice, p. 181); biology (#21, p. 214); no classes with either Justin or Jill (#21, p. 217) ! Wants to attend a small liberal arts college, like Bennington (VT) (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 7) ! Gets accepted to Goucher, her second choice, in early April of senior year; on Benningtons wait list (#24: Incredibly Alice, pp. 171, 176)she hates not knowing where shell be going in the fall, being in limbo ! Gets in Bennington by end of senior year (#25: Alice on Board, p. 2) ! Meets her roommate on Facebook: music major (voice and piano), seems nice (#25: Alice on Board, p. 273)
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    Personal History ! Possibly a nun when she grows up ! 6th-grade Halloween costume: gypsy (home-made by her mother) (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 61) ! Too afraid to get her ears pierced in 7th grade when Alice does (#5: All But Alice, pp. 13, 42) (*However, she did have pierced ears in a previous book.) ! Got Gardenia Deluxe bubble bath for a 12th birthday present (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 19) ! In early Aug. of summer after 6th grade, temporarily gets weird about eating in front of boys, about any bodily activities (#3: Alice in Rapture, pp. 7679) ! Takes ballet lessons until high school starts (#3: Alice in Rapture; #10: Outrageously Alice), then switches to modern dance (#14: Alice Alone); folk dancing in sophomore year (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 215); tap dancing (#5: All But Alice) until 7th grade, gymnastics (#5: All But Alice) until spring of 8th grade; Camp Fire Girl (#5: All But Alice); piano (#10: Outrageously Alice) but wants to give it up once high school starts (#14: Alice Alone) ! Has a portable radio (#3: Alice in Rapture: Alice in Rapture) ! Doesnt have a sleeping bag (#4: Reluctantly Alice) ! Never saw a naked man before Nathan was born; so Alice tried to find her one in National Geographic magazines, then ended up checking out some anatomy books from the library for her (#4: Reluctantly Alice, pp. 8687, 91) ! Member of the Seventh Grade Chorus (#4: Reluctantly Alice) ! For talent show in 7th grade, does a dance from the Nutcracker in white tutu (#5: All But Alice, p. 112) ! 7th-grade state name is Illinois (#6: Alice in April) ! Trip to Chicago in summer after 7th grade is her first train ride ever (#7: Alice InBetween, p. 48) ! When she thinks of God, shes praying to Virgin Mary, who cries when she does something wrong (#7: Alice In-Between) ! 8th-grade Halloween costume: Morticia (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 29) ! First pelvic exam (for itching) in Jan. or Feb. of 8th-grade year (first of the 3 girls to have one), by her mothers male gynecologist; the girls take a bus to the appt. with her because Mrs. Price and Nathan are sick (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 51 & chap. 5) ! Gets obsessed w/her weight summer before 9th grade; the girls first exposure to possible anorexia; Mrs. Price talks to A about it (#13: Grooming of Alice, pp. 2, 9, 74, 77, 125, 136137, 147); Elizabeth feels pressure to please everyone else but herself; at start of 9th grade (#14: Alice Alone), Alice is still a bit worried about the issue and keeps an eye on Lizs eating habits ! Pamela gives her her first tampon summer before 9th grade (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 127)
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    Jobs & Volunteer Work ! Young Advocate for her churchs missionary fund (#10: Outrageously Alice) ! Baby-sits her brother from the time hes born onward ! Summer job before 9th grade: babysitting Nathan 4 hours a day (#13: Grooming of Alice) ! Becomes junior consultant for Tiddly Winks 2nd semester of freshman year, 2 nights a week and Sunday afternoons, 2nd week of Feb. through end of March (w/Pamela) (#15: Simply Alice, pp. 89, 18) ! Book #16: Patiently Alice: At Camp Overlook, shes in cabin 8 (co-counselor Tommie) and her group name is the Bunnies; has a girl in her group whos very homesick; her condom-throwing wish is to see Ross again (p. 148) ! Volunteers for a reading program for third graders one afternoon a week in sophomore year; gets credit toward student service learning requirement (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 215) ! Post-10th-Grade Summer Job: day camp (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 4) ! Post-11th-grade summer job: mornings at a day-care center in her church (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 238) (also volunteered for one week in July at the soup kitchen with Alice) ! Wants to be a teacher (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 20)
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    Love Life ! Over summer after 6th grade, she likes a boy from St. Josephs (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 4), Tom Perona, who finally asks her to go with him in late summer: he gives her his ID bracelet to wear, she gives him a photo of herself for his wallet (p. 73); he breaks up with her at end of Aug., new girlfriend from his own school (p. 114); since shes not supposed to have a steady boyfriend until high school (p. 73), she never let him kiss her (p. 116) ! Develops a crush on Lester in book #4: Reluctantly Alice: Reluctantly Alice ! Temporarily likes Donald in books #7: Alice In-Between and #8: Alice the Brave ! Seems to ease up on her fears and hang-ups about sexuality (#8: Alice the Brave, pp. 4, 18, 25), particularly after her priest tells her its natural to be curious (pp. 71, 109) ! Gets back together w/Tom in August before 8th grade; wearing his ID bracelet again and kissing now (#8: Alice the Brave, pp. 84, 92, 93) ! A week after reuniting w/Tom, discovers hes two-timing her (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 6) ! Falls for Mr. Everett at beginning of 8th grade (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 24); over it by November (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 115) ! When Justin starts at their school in the fall of 8th grade, he likes Liz from the get-go (#10: Outrageously Alice) ! Finally succumbs to Justin Colliers flirtations in book #11: Achingly Alice, by accepting his invitation to the 8th-grade semi-formal (p. 94) (shes the first of the 3 to be asked) (#12: A on the Outside, p. 2), and theyre boyfriend/girlfriend by start of book #12: A on the Outside (p. 2), though in book #13: Grooming of Alice (p. 74), she says theyre not formally going together ! Doesnt want to see Justin anymore, or any boys, until she loses more weight (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 74); the romance w/Justin isnt serious after his remark about her weight ! Two months into her freshman year, she says she doesnt want a full-time boyfriend right now (#14: Alice Alone, p. 125) ! Ross Mueller: o Summer after 9th grade, at Camp Overlook, she and Ross hit it off, spending time together, holding hands, kissing; the last Friday there, she goes further with him than any of the 3 girls have yet gone, letting him caress and kiss her breasts, the first time any boy has even touched her breastsshe was bra-less, in a sweatshirt; the encounter is on pp. 145146 of book #16: Patiently Alice; what she likes best about him is that he didnt rush her, let her come to him (p. 156); the relationship has given her hope, belief in nice guys, shes not mournful at their parting, which surprises Alice; he e-mails her twice after they return home and writes a long letter (p. 216) o Book #17: Including Alice: Ross comes to D.C. day of Bens wedding to check out a college with his older brother, and Liz reluctantly skips the reception to go
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    D. Rosalind Rodriquez (#1a: Starting with Alice; Roz for short, starting in book #18: Alice on Her Way) Physical Characteristics & General Info ! Like all members of her family (including her stepmom): chubby, round faces, downward turn of the mouth at corners (#17: Including Alice, p. 30; #18: Alice on Her Way, p. 132) ! Eyes open wide when she hears something interesting (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 10) ! Snores (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 154) ! A few months older than Alice but looks more grown up (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 12) ! Starts to sprout breasts in 5th grade (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 12) ! Still round-faced and round all over when she resurfaces in 10th grade, but has lost some weight and looks good ! Very shiny hair (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 134) History with Alice ! Alices best friend from 3rd to 5th grades; first girlfriend Alice meets in MD in 3rd grade (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 49) ! Before she moves, Alice gives Rosalind lots of her stuff: Smokey the Bear statue, purple beads, rubber witch stamp, snow globe, Snickers bar, yellow shoelaces, gum, sunglasses, jigsaw, and a pix of her in 2nd grade w/two missing teeth (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 160) ! Alice goes to say good-bye in person before the actual move, but a neighbor explains that the family is on vacation in Wisconsin for two weeks (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 165); Alice leaves a drawing and note under her door (#1c, p. 166) ! Rosalind resurfaces in the series in book #17: Including Alice (p. 31), on the Saturday before Dads wedding, when she comes into the Melody Inn: Alice says she didnt know about Rosalinds vacation; neither called the other thereafter Personality Traits ! Funny ! Interesting; makes things up if she doesnt know the answer; an Idea Girl ! Doesnt just talk about things, does them ! Knows a lot about animals (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 52) Residence & Family Life
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    Future Plans, Jobs & Volunteer Work ! Wants to work at a zoo when she grows up, particularly with elephants (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 52) ! By sophomore year, shes volunteering at the National Zoo, in elephant house (#17: Including Alice, pp. 3033) ! Second semester of sophomore year, shes working for a vet; wants to go to vet school (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 135) Personal History ! Has goldfish and a turtle (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 52) ! Gets a new camera in the spring of 4th grade (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 152) ! Girls at school arent very nice to her in 5th grade because shes not as girly as they are and shes heavy (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 26, 28, 29) ! Goes out for Halloween herself in 5th grade, when Alice is at Jodys party (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 28) ! Gets her period in the fall of 5th grade (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 40); then, once shes the resident expert, she has a sleepover and shares A Girl Grows Up with the girls (#1c: Lovingly Alice, chap. 8) ! Starts eating healthier after she runs away for one night and her stepmom discovers her plight (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 57) ! Screen name: ZooGirl (#17: Including Alice, p. 227) ! Dating Ollie Harris in 10th grade (#17: Including Alice, p. 228) ! Has her license by February of 10th grade, drives an old gray-green car Bill sold her for $200 when he got a new one (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 130133) ! Shows up at Alices two days after X-mas of junior year, in 13 of snow, to build another igloothis one around the Porta-Johnwhich Sylvia snaps a picture of; amid all the changes in her life, Alice takes comfort from this friendship that remains the same (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 287) ! Resurfaces in the series in book #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything (pp. 347348) when Alice and Liz take their kids to the National Zoo and discover her working at the Elephant House (Elephant Trails) and also part of the planning team for raising herds of Asian elephants in DC; sturdy build; invites Alice to e-mail her, keep in touch E. Donald Sheavers (#1a: Starting with Alice) Physical Characteristics & General Personality Info
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    History with Alice ! Lives next door in Takoma Park; first kid Alice meets after they move to MD ! Early in school year of 4th grade, Alice runs outside one night in her underpants to retrieve textbook before rain ruins it, and Donald sees her as hes taking out the trash (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 5) ! They walk to school together every morning in 4th grade (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 7) ! Prequel series clarifies their boyfriend/girlfriend relationship: He agrees to be her boyfriendbut without kissingin 4th grade the evening of Thanksgiving (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 4950) (even though later original-series books say they were boyfriend/girlfriend in 3rd and 4th grades, which seems okay, since they played together a lot and walked to school together every day) ! In her class in 4th grade (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 54, 169) ! For 4th-grade Valentines Day, she gives him two leftover Halloween Snickers bar from Less drawer since he got her some candy (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 100) ! The actual Tarzan episode takes place in chap. 22 of #1b: Alice in Blunderland; first chronological mention of the way he thumps his chest at her to embarrass her from then onward is in book #1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 40 ! In 5th grade, they sometimes walk home from school together, sometimes not (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 40); theyre in the same class (#1c, p. 50) ! On Valentines Day that year, Alice breaks up with him, forgetting she was supposed to be his girlfriend and deciding she doesnt want to be anymore; her plan to make him think someone else likes him backfires, so she just directly tells him the news, which he takes just fine (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 7073) ! Hes the one who first runs over when Alice screams, finding Oatmeal dead; she beats her fury against his chest (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 92) Personal History ! Dog: Killer/Muffin (old, dirty white, nearly blind and deaf) (#1a: Starting with Alice, pp. 1415, 102); 12 years old in 5th grade, completely blind by then (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 90) ! 3rd-grade Halloween costume: part ghost/part werewolf (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 54)
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    F. Gwen Wheeler (#12: A on the Outside; learn her last name in #16: Patiently Alice) Physical Characteristics & General Personality Info ! African American: skin has variously been described as chocolate-colored (#14: Alice Alone, p. 33), cocoa-colored (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 17, 49), pecan-colored (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 106), the color of Log Cabin maple syrup (#17: Including Alice, p. 5) ! Laugh like warm syrup (#17: Including Alice, p. 5) ! Short ! Legs are short, too, but shapely; walks with feet pointed out, like a dancer (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 3) ! Perfect eyebrows; gets them shaped ! Hair: In book #16: Patiently Alice, has cornrows (p. 85); by January of sophomore year, shes just had her cornrows redone in a circular pattern (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 9); by jr. year, changes her hairstyle every few weeks (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 21); start of 2nd semester: new style of cornrows, geometric pattern on top, rises higher in back (#21: Almost Alice, p. 2); Yolanda gives her another elaborate cornrow design in Sept. of senior year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 30) ! Spends time maintaining her long, elegant nails (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 59) ! Smart ! Very good in math ! Late sleeper ! Favorite color: yellow (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 91) ! Isnt superstitious (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 93) ! Collects butterflies, after they die (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 24)

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    History with Alice ! First meets Alice in 8th-grade math class; in homeroom with her too ! Has always helped Alice with her difficult courses, especially Algebra, and serves as an inspiration/role model to Alice ! Shes one of Alices three best friends by sophomore year ! Although Alice and Gwen see each other quite a lot when Alice is attending U of MDoften hanging at each others dormsGwen sees very little of Alice, Liz, and Pam once shes in medical school (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 296) ! During Alices cancer ordeal, Gwen is there for her the most (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 442) Residence & Family Life ! 2 brothers (Bill and Jerome), 2 parents, strict father, mother ! Her fathers birthday is in October (on or very near Ben and Sylvias wedding anniversary, the 18th) (#17: Including Alice, p. 106) ! Grandparents seem to live with them, grandmother definitely does, always has, Gwen calls her Granny (#16: Patiently Alice, pp. 22, 45); very attached to her grandmother, goes to her room and kisses her good night every night (#16: Patiently Alice, pp. 4546); grandparents around for segregation/racial strife; grandmother is religious, doesnt question God/faith (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 132); shes in her late 90s by the time Gwens in her 1st year of residency, around 27 years old (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 323) and finally dies a centenarian after going into kidney failure, a week after Gwen and Charlie get married, when Gwens around 31 years old (#26, p. 344) ! Large extended family that Alice envies (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 22), all very close, she helps out a lot w/her family members (#15: Simply Alice) ! Uncle Albert (very fun), nicknamed Uncle Ugly, Uggie (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 143) ! Family goes to church each New Years Eve (#17: Including Alice, p. 264) ! Lots of relatives come for 11th-grade X-mas (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 264) ! Has a sort of open house for 11th-grade New Years Eve (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 288) ! Buys her brothers car from him when he gets a new one in January of her senior year (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 54)the first one in the group of friends to have her own car (#24, p. 164) ! Has gone to four family showers in last 8 months, a bridesmaid at 3 of those weddings (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 164) ! By time of Alices wedding, has a 5-year-old niece who serves as flower girl (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 281) ! Mother is member of Cosmos Club in DC (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 344) Personal History
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    Jobs & Volunteer Work ! Candy striper at Suburban Hospital summer after 8th grade; gets A an application too (#12: A on the Outside, chap. 1 & p. 93; #13: Grooming of Alice, chap. 3) ! Assistant counselor at Camp Overlook with the Alice, Liz, and Pam the summer after 9th grade; A is her cabin mate; their group is the Coyotes; her condom-throwing wish is to see Joe again (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 148) ! Possibly volunteer for National Institutes of Health in sophomore year (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 215) ! At end of 10th grade, applies for (and gets) an (unpaid) student internship in the hematology dept. of the NIH (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 298; #19: Alice in the Know, pp. 5, 44) ! 2nd semester of 11th grade: working as receptionist for a health clinic two days a week after school (#21: Almost Alice, p. 11); five days a week over spring break (p. 99) ! Just like last year, has a high school internship at NIH the summer preceding 12th grade (presumably her 3rd stint there) (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 238) ! Wants to apply as waitress/housekeeper on Chesapeake Bay cruise line summer after high school graduation (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 3); gets girls to join her (book #25 covers this job) ! Proves to be a valuable lab assistant during med school (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 161) ! #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything: Becomes a gynecologist (p. 327); practice in Baltimore (p. 382); works part-time when she has two young sons (p. 442) Education Details & Future Plans ! Class trip to Williamsburg, VA, in 6th grade (#25: Alice on Board, p. 44)

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    Takes college prep courses in junior high (#12: A on the Outside, p. 35); like Patrick, she starts planning for college early, something Alice likes and envies about her (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 5859) Wants to be a singer, teacher, or music teacher (#12: A on the Outside, p. 35); still wants to be a singer or have a career in science by book #16: Patiently Alice (p. 215) Has attended summer Bible school (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 107) By middle of 10th grade, she knows the odds are slim of being a professional singer, wants to go into medicine (clinical side, not research; #19: Alice in the Know, p. 44), minoring in music (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 5960) By August, prompted by both her internship and Mollys cancer, shes sure she wants to go into medicine; plans to use some of the connections shes formed with doctors at NIH to help her plan to get into med school (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 148) For jr. year: took two exams to get into AP classes (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 237) By January of junior year, shes the only one of the four friends whos already visited three colleges, already picked up scholarship forms (#21: Almost Alice, p. 2) Taking a lot of AP courses in 11th grade (#21: Almost Alice, p. 47) At spring assembly in junior year, shes named one of the top three students in her class (#21: Almost Alice, p. 185) Definitely on track for med school before 12th grade starts (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 238) Has decided on University of Maryland for both undergrad and med school, with help of NIH scholarship (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 7) Student Council member (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 29; #24: Incredibly Alice, p. 2) Has a history class in senior year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 30) Class valedictorian (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 172) Not sure of what specialty she wants to go into, but maybe obstetrics or pediatrics (#25: Alice on Board, p. 53); eventually settles on gynecologywomen are easier patients than infants (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 327) Wanted to room with Alice at U of MD, but as a premed student, qualifies to live in a big house near campus instead at half the cost (#25: Alice on Board, p. 142) Leaves for college 1 day before Alice does; her brothers help her move (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 2) College roommate as neat as Alices is messy (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 13) Summer after sophomore year: internship (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 77); in fact, all her college summers are booked, which is why she cant accompany girls to CA post junior year when she gets opportunity to work as lab assistant on human placenta research (p. 161) In her first year of residency at Johns Hopkins by the time Patricia Marie is in her first year of infancy (so girls are about 27) (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 323)

    Love Life ! Leo Green (Legs): When we meet her, shes already dating Legs, a boy two years her senior; by summer of 9th grade, theyve been dating for 18 months (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 17), but shes ready to call it off, which she does the first Friday theyre at camp, when he comes to see her and cancels their planned trip to Baltimore, lying about his sick grandmother; hes been two-timing her, so the breakup comes as a relief to both; by the time she returns from camp, Leo wants her back, but she rejects him; admits to the girls during a sleepover at As that she slept
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    with Legs a total of four times: once on a picnic table at roadside rest stop; once in backseat of his car; once at his house), used a condom (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 219); says they didnt have a lot in common, she didnt love him, should have waited for someone she liked more; liked parts of sex; sees him again at her senior prom, but they dont talk, she doesnt even know if he saw her, doesnt know who invited him (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 248) Joe Ortega (#16: Patiently Alice): Flirts with Joe, also an asst. counselor at Camp Overlook, during her stint there the summer before her sophomore year; as a consequence of the deal she made with Estelle and Latisha, she has to kiss him in front of everyone, which is just when Legs shows up for a visit; they kiss and see each other throughout camp, and he e-mails her (4 times by late August) when they get home; still hears from him now and then by book #17: Including Alice (p. 103); he sends her a bracelet near X-mas of 10th grade (#17, p. 230), but the relationship has fizzled out by January of 10th grade, since they go to separate schools (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 8) Has decided to devote first semester of sophomore year to academics, not boys (#17: Including Alice, p. 103) Still sworn off boys through end of junior year (#21: Almost Alice, p. 158) Austin (#22: Intensely Alice): They first meet when volunteering at the People Care soup kitchen in July before her sr. year; he comes to the party in Less backyard a few weeks later, takes her to lunch the next day, but Gwen claims theyre just friends only (p. 228); relationship is romantic by start of school year (#23: Alice in Charge, pp. 6, 12); keeps going throughout the year; her date for senior prom (#24: Incredibly Alice, chap. 26); they break up right before she embarks on her summer cruise jobjust thought it was time with all the schooling she has ahead of her, doesnt want him to wait for her when she doesnt know who shell grow into (#25: Alice on Board, p. 35); but they resume seeing each other when she gets home and he gives her battery a jump startthey missed each other too much (#25, p. 273); they remain seeing each other until the summer preceding the girls senior year of college, when he takes a job in North Carolina and moves on (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 187) Flavian (#25: Alice on Board): They start a romance the first week aboard the Seascape (p. 48); starts off very light and fun, but by late July, Gwen feels like shes leading him on because he wants to intensify things and she doesnt (p. 204); spend their last night together under same blanket on motel floor, then part with a long kiss before he heads to Amtrak station (p. 241); e-mails her after, fills her in on cruise line (p. 269), but Austin has no worries where Flavian is concerned, and nothing happened under that blanket (p. 273) Charlie (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 236): new boyfriend by end of senior year; chem major studying pharmacology, attends grad school; funny, lively, crazy about Gwen; only 1 or 2 inches taller than her (p. 345); taught ballroom dancing in college (p. 345) o Get engaged while shes in her first year of residencysmall sparkly diamond (p. 324); he moves to Baltimore to find them a home (p. 343); they marry at the Wheeler home with only family present one week before Granny dies (when Tyler is about 2!) (p. 344); her parents give them a reception a month later at the Cosmos Club in DC, replete with gifts, dancing, same dress she wore, followed immediately by 5-day honeymoon in Hawaii (pp. 344345)

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    3. Friends & Schoolmates Abby (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 22): one of Alices closest friends in college and then thereafter; they first meet through Valerie when shes 19 years old; small but not fragile, a powerhouse; loves baking; from Eastern Shore; Alices roommate sophomore year: respectful, reasonably neat; undecided major; has boyfriend in fall of junior year; Alice accompanies her to her aunts place in Oregon for summer catering job; one of Alices bridesmaidsliving in Oregon by then, ends up partnering with her aunt Jayne in her catering business (p. 259) Adler, Phil (#21: Almost Alice, p. 35): tall, gangly; member of GSA at school, when Alice first meets him; started as roving reporter for The Edge, but editor in chief by their senior year (#23: Alice in Charge, pp. 10, 17); gayattends senior prom with another GSA member (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 234); one of Alices Assassins targets, lives on a cul-de-sac in Kensington (#24, p. 273) Allison, Yvonne (#4: Reluctantly Alice): in As 7th-grade World Studies class Ana (#21: Almost Alice, p. 262): Latino senior; Marios date/girlfriend for Patricks senior prom Andrew (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 63): U of MD classmate and one of Alices new gang Angela (#24: Incredibly Alice): plays Lillian in Cheaper by the Dozen; sophomore to Alices senior (p. 101) Ashley (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 151): U of MD student to whom Claire sells her first Magic Myst executive assistantship at start of 2nd semester, junior year Austin (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 147): one of the student volunteers at People Care; horn-rimmed glasses, dreadlocks, muscular, big; very nice, thoughtful; Gwen invites them to the apartment a few weeks later (p. 207), and thereafter theyre friendsjust friends, says Gwen (p. 228), though theyre dating by book #23 and throughout book #24, at which point hes in his second year at Howard U (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 232); break up in June, right after she graduates (#25: Alice on Board, p. 35), but get back together for the next several years, until he takes a job in NC summer before Gwens senior year (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 187) (for more details, see Gwens Love Life section) Bates, Steph (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 131): fellow schoolmate, sophomore to Alices senior Batista, Bud (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 131): fellow schoolmate, same year as Alice Beachy, Megan (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of Alices 3rd-grade classmates; one of the three nicknamed Terrible Triplets; lives two blocks away in Takoma Park, and they become friends by the end of book #1a; still a classmate in 4th grade; birthday is in early November, has a sleepover to celebrate in 4th grade; 4-person family: mom, dad, Megan, and little sister; Alice gives her a tiny music box with a revolving bear on top; the family room is in the basement of her house (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 2628); for Thanksgiving of 4th-grade year, her family hosts 13 people (#1b, p. 42); still friends with Alice in 5th grade, in her class (#1c: Lovingly Alice, pp. 2); everything about her is square shaped (#1c, p. 3); plays piano (#1c, p. 58); has an aunt (Sharon) and uncle who experienced a string of bad luck once (#1c, p. 102); believes in hell (#1c, p. 152); post-5th-grade family vacation to Kings Dominion; the following school year, her parents send both her and her sister to a private school (#1c, p. 158) Berg, Jack (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 295): fellow schoolmate, same grade as Alice Bernardo, Marcie (#18: Alice on Her Way): Patricks date for 10th-grade Jack of Hearts dance (p. 98), then apparently his girlfriend thereafter (p. 144); wore purple low-cut dress to the dance;
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    long dark hair; wears contacts; plays first flute in the band; Alice assumes shes brainy (pp. 98, 144) Bogdan, Marcella (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 202): fellow schoolmate, same year as Alice Brennan, Molly (#14: Alice Alone): Drama Club member, also wants to be stage crew; short (shorter than Alice) and squat, light brown hair in modified punk cut, huge blue eyes; usually wears overalls; one year older than Alice (sophomore when A meets her); for initiation, she was tattooed on her back (#15: Simply Alice, p. 56); still on stage crew the following year (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 42); when Pam is reassigned to her mothers room for the school trip to NYC, she becomes the girls new roommate (#18, p. 176); wants to go to Oberlin College (#18, p. 194); has a father at home, his grandfather (her great-grandfather, Henry Franklin Brennan) came into country via Ellis Island from Ireland (#18, pp. 212213, 218); at 16 years old, shes never been kissed, never had a boyfriend (#18, p. 230); belongs to Spanish Club and plays the piano (#18, p. 230); drives an old Ford (#18, p. 317); diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia summer before her senior year; enrolled in a 12-month study in July (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 5455); male oncologist (#19, p. 90); in AP English during senior year (#19, p. 69); lives in two-story house, with her bedroom upstairs (#19, p. 126); has started chemotherapy by August (#19, p. 127); has four older sisters: two in the area, one in CA and one in OR (#19, p. 129); only thing she hates more than vomiting is being dizzy (#19, p. 130); when Pam, Liz, Alice, and Gwen redo each others bulletin boards right before school starts, they make one for Molly too (#19, p. 228); she puts on a brave front for Jackis insensitive story on her leukemia for The Edge (#19, pp. 243244); Alice visits her once a week (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 6); 1st semester of senior yr. doesnt make it to class much (#20, p. 180), shes having a difficult time with treatment: all hair gone (#20, p. 30), thinner, sicker, weaker, bone-tired; Gwen misunderstood the prognosis: cure rate is pretty good for young kids, not necessarily kids Mollys age, and treatment can last for two or three years, not just this one block of chemo (#20, p. 183); everyone loves Mollylots of interests, very involved in things, has won lots of ribbons and trophies, doesnt stress over guys, makes you feel like youre the most interesting person in the world when youre with her (#20, p. 179); the girls carol and bring her some snow the night they get out for X-mas break, she freezes it so they can have a snowball fight whenever shes up to it; feeling better this week (#20, pp. 266269); doing a little better that January (#21: Almost Alice, p. 29); cushioned window seat in bedroom (#21, p. 96); by April, her chemo treatments are spread out enough to let her have periods of feeling pretty good (#21, p. 191); all her hair is still goneincluding eyebrows and eyelashesbut she refuses to wear a wig, preferring baseball caps (#21, p. 195); by May, blood tests have shown definite improvement, new combo of drugs (#21, p. 227); by start of August, chemo is over and hair is starting to grow in; next blood tests in two weeks will reveal more: shes in remission (finds out at end of month)! (#22: Intensely Alice, pp. 207, 268); accepted to U of Maryland, starts this fall (#22, pp. 207, 268); lives on campus, comes home for that first Thanksgiving weekend; has a Pakistani boyfriend now, a good kisser, her folks love him; hair has grown out a couple of inches, new cute haircut with loose curls around her face (#23: Alice in Charge, pp. 216217); hosts a cookout for her girlfriends over spring break, Tues., April 19 (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 191) Brewster, Brian (#5: All But Alice): single-parent home (#13: The Grooming of Alice); most handsome of the Three Handsome Stooges (best-looking boys in 7th grade); best-looking boy in 8th grade (until Justin comes); as large as a linebacker by sophomore year (#17: Including Alice, p. 37); kind of a jerk; sits behind A in World Studies; wears Adidas sneakers; 8th-grade Critical Choices assignment: DWI offenseresult: 100 hrs. community service and drivers seminar (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 5, 111); not on speaking terms with Mark in Sept. of 8th grade over Pamela, but back to being friends by Oct.; summer job before 9th
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    grade: doughnut shop; 10th-grade New Years Eve plans: goes to a party (#17: Including Alice, p. 267); Pams date for Jack of Hearts dance (for details, see Pams Love Life section); has his license by 2nd semester of sophomore year, drives a Buick (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 113, 249), but then his dad buys him a Toyota of his own summer before jr. year (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 83); post-10th-grade summer job: pizza place (#19, p. 112); smokes pot, carries bottle of Visine on him (#19, p. 64); plays the e-mail quiz gag on Alice in August (#19, p. 108; actually named as the Predict Your Future Love Life questionnaire in #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 33), along with several other girls who fall for it, greatly reducing his likability; as revenge, the girls implement Gwens plan in mid-August, e-mailing an embarrassing, doctored cartoon of him to everyone they can (#19, pp. 134135); chooses the topic of lowering the drinking age for his 11th-grade speech class persuasive talk (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 88); after drinking beer at the Steak House and at Keenos friends party, he gets in a car accident, injuring a seven-year-old girl in the other car (details of incident given in #20, chaps. 15 & 16), whos hospitalized for three weeks with a broken pelvis, among other injuries (#21: Almost Alice, p. 10); court date three weeks from Thurs., Dec. 20th (#20, p. 259); license suspended for a year (#21: Almost Alice, p. 10); according to the girls, he doesnt seem to have learned anything from the accident, still as self-centered as ever, even rumored that his dad will buy him a new car if he stays out of trouble for the coming year (#21, pp. 83, 84); 170 lbs. (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 4); works at Safeway summer before senior year (#22, p. 4); seems to go on vacation for a week with his parents to Vegas at start of August (#22, p. 207); in Dec. of his sr. year, his dad has bought him a new yellow Toyota now that his license has been restored; he insensitively drives by the Stedmeisters on Christmas night to show it off to the gang but catches himself quickly (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 303); on high school wrestling team (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 263), responsible for the lockers-glued-shut prank that went awry on Senior Prank Day; no one knows where Brian goes (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, pp. 35, 246) until he reappears in series at 60 years old for time capsule opening, now pudgy and balding, living in Nevada (p. 503); a relative sent him a clipping about the opening of the time capsule; owns a sports franchise (p. 510) Briana (#25: Alice on Board, p. 255): freshman roommate candidate; Irish, wants to know Alices heritage, so she doesnt even respond Broderick, Brad (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 101): gets role of the father in Cheaper by the Dozen Brookings, Courtney (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 41): fellow high school student Bul Dau, Daniel (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 17): Sudanese refugee student at high school; 18 years old when Alice is a senior; chestnut-colored skin, wide-spaced eyes, tall, slim build, unusually long legs; continuously smiles; family is being sponsored by Catholic charity/church; contributes some pieces to The Edge; left his village around 4 years old, lived in refugee camp before coming to America; has a brother 5 years older (p. 54); mother is working as a cook (p. 147), in exchange for apt. rentsame man from the church owns the apt. and the restaurant; of the Dinka people (p. 198); been in U.S. about eight months by Feb. of Alices senior year; plays drum at senior-year sock hop (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 81) Butler, Curtis (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 47): junior Alice meets at GSA meeting; also an SSC member; she assumed hes one of the good guys, but he ends up being one of the Bob White group, an alias used by a supposed senior whos prejudiced; barbed-wire tattoo around wrist, double eights right below it (p. 277); smokes; publishes Standing Up for the White Race in The Edge (p. 289); has been in a group since last summer led by Vance (p. 310); drives a Chevy; wants to join the Marines (p. 314); transfers to another school for 2nd semester of junior year (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 8) Cary (#21: Almost Alice, p. 33): member of GSA at school; large guy
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    Chassie (#24: Incredibly Alice): plays the role of Martha in Cheaper by the Dozen; junior to Alices senior, in P.E. with her (p. 101) Chris (#4: Reluctantly Alice): boy in As 7th-grade World Studies class Chris (#18: Alice on Her Way): member of stage crew, on set committee with Alice; senior; blond hair (p. 42); dating Faith after the New York trip, after she breaks up with Ron; very nice guy; attends Virginia Tech, after which he and Faith stop seeing each other, though they email from time to time (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 199) Claire (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 22): one of Alices three closest friends at U of MD and thereafter (though shes closer to Val and Abby); first met through Valerie; Vals roommate in sophomore year, Abbys roommate in junior year; wide-spaced eyes, eclectic dresser, long brown hair worn plainly; from Baltimore; starts repping Magic Myst makeup in fall of jr. year; marries a man in the Coast Guard (p. 309) Cole (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 63): U of MD classmate and one of Alices new gang; reddish hair; basketball player Colin (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 21): Valeries boyfriend of 1! years, a sophomore to her freshman at U of MD, started dating in high school; October birthday, loves cupcakes; high school was bad until she met him; they break up after his graduation Collier, Justin (#10: Outrageously Alice): new kid in school in 8th grade, transfer student, dads in the navy; in As English class; handsomest boy in 8th grade (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 2), tall, blond, soft voice; plays trombone in school band; Pamela initially has her eyes on him but he likes Elizabeth and theyre an item by book #11: Achingly Alice; summer job before 9th grade: part-time at pizza place; flirtatious with both Liz and Jill summer after 9th grade (#16: Patiently Alice, pp. 186, 216); presumably sleeping with Jill by late that summer (p. 202) and theyre still involved the following semester (#17: Including Alice, p. 224) and in post-10thgrade summer (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 44); has drivers license by end of 10th grade (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 296); dad has made millions in real estate (#19: Alice in the Know, 44); still in love with Jill at start of junior year (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 5), but his parents think shes just a gold digger, want to send him away to study in England (#20, p. 235); starts to sport a goatee by that fall (#20, p. 141); goes to Bahamas with parents over 11th-grade spring break for his grandmothers 90th (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 210), partly to get him away from Jill, from unbeknownst to them, he sends her the money to fly down too and she stays in the hotel next door (#21: Almost Alice, pp. 99, 217); has a job summer before senior year (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 4); lives in a big house in Kensington but isnt pretentious (#22, p. 164); according to Jill, his parents are still actively trying to break up the couple throughout the summer preceding 12th grade (#22, p. 210); he doesnt take it well when Jill breaks up with him in November of sr. year over his familys interference (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 196); but theyre fully back together again by the Snow Ball on December 10 (#23, p. 267); becomes eligible for his grandfathers trust fund at 18 (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 63); an only child (#24, p. 63); tells his parents about the pregnancy in mid-February of senior year mother freaks out, feels Jill trapped him (#24, p. 108); though hes on board with the pregnancy and wedding, Alice notices how tense he looks in spring of senior year (#24, p. 172); see Jill for future details Collins, Elissa (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 131): fellow schoolmate, same year as Alice Connie (#4: Reluctantly Alice): sits behind A in 7th-grade World Studies class Cortez, Emma (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 294): fellow schoolmate, sophomore to Alices senior Cranston, Sue (#4: Reluctantly Alice): girl in As 7th-grade Language Arts class David (#4: Reluctantly Alice): boy in As 7th-grade World Studies class Dawn (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of Alices 3rd-grade classmates; one of the three nicknamed Terrible Triplets; friends with Alice by book #1b: Alice in Blunderland; goes to her
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    grandmothers for Thanksgiving of 4th-grade year, with 22 people in attendance (#1b, p. 43); follows whatever her friend Jody does (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 2); still in As class in 5th grade; born at 4:00 A.M. (#1c, p. 125) Denisha (#21: Almost Alice, p. 33): member of GSA at school Devon (#15: Simply Alice): senior; stage crew member for Fiddler; body pierced Devon (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 121): fellow SCOO member at U of MD, takes care of publicity with Samantha Donovitch, Jim (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 203): fellow schoolmate, same year as Alice Early, Jacob (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 297): fellow schoolmate, same grade as Alice Ed (#15: Simply Alice): senior; stage crew member for Fiddler; body pierced Eggers, Caroline (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 181): follow schoolmate, sophomore to Alices senior Emily (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 55): one of the girls Alice first met at Our Whole Livesthe one who proposed crawling out the window to escape the first session; reconnects with her one morning at church Engstrom, Barbara (#4: Reluctantly Alice): in As 7th-grade World Studies class; sits next to her in 1st row Evans, Sara (#1a: Starting with Alice): 2nd girl Alice befriends in 3rd grade; originally had dirty hair and chewed w/mouth open, didnt seem to have any friends; smart and funny; blue eyes, thin face and lips, pinched-in nose, stringy long hair; lives in a tiny, messy house surrounded by a chain-link fence; six siblings, two older than her; a total of 4 girls and 3 boys; skinny (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 30); one of her brothers got a peanut stick up his nose once and had to go to the ER (#1b, p. 154); some kids still picked on her in 4th grade (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 51); moves away before 5th grade starts (#1c, p. 2); Donald tells Alice family moved after getting evicted for not being able to pay the rent (which is what his mother heard at the salon) (#1c, pp. 45), but Alice is thrilled to hear from Mr. Dooley that he thinks her family went to live with her grandmother in North Carolina, which is confirmed when Sara sends Alice a birthday card; her Dad gets a job in Texas and the family is just waiting to join him to see if the job works out; her grandmothers house is small, she has two dogs and lots of fish (#1c, pp. 38, 123); she told great scary stories (#1c, p. 7); Alice especially misses how much Sara made her laugh, even more than Rosalind (#1c, p. 21) Faith (#15: Simply Alice): Drama Club member; two years ahead of Alice; joins stage crew for spring production; tall, rail thin, long straight hair, pale face powder, black eye makeup, and bright red lipstick; high cheekbones; perfectly even and perfectly spaced white teeth (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 125, 191); soft breathy voice (#18, p. 124); dresses Gothblack most of the time, white in summer, shops at thrift stores (#18, p. 191); wants a career w/repertoire company as permanent stage crew member; for initiation, she was tattooed on her breast; breaks up w/Ron after confrontation at clean-up meeting but back w/him by As 15th b-day; still with Ron and back on stage crew in book #18 (p. 42); crying, with torn sleeve and welt on arm, in locker room at Jack of Hearts dance, where he set her up to anger him (#18, pp. 108, 125); her mom makes her stick with the school trip to NYC even though Ron couldnt come along (#18, p. 177); her parents hate Ron (#18, p. 178); on Monday after return from trip in a jealous rage, he knocks out two of her teeth by slamming her face into his car hood; she tells the cops to take him in and is herself taken to an ER; shes out of school for a week, teeth couldnt be reattached, she gets a bridge (#18, p. 246); after spending some time with Chris in New York, theyre dating by As 16th birthday (#18, p. 264); her parents send her to counseling over the summer (#18, p. 263), and in late July, she assures Alice she and Ron are history (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 67); reappears in series at Mollys April 19 cookout during Alices senior-year spring break, looking and feeling great (#24: Incredibly Alice, p.
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    199); she and Chris stopped dating when they entered separate colleges, shes getting her associates at Montgomery in June and seeing a navy guy now Farmer, Sean (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 295): fellow schoolmate, junior to Alices senior Ferguson, Rod (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 131): fellow schoolmate, same year as Alice Fielding, Eric (#15: Simply Alice): the mystery CAY (i.e., Crazy About You) who e-mails her at start of 2nd semester 9th grade (pp. 20, 23, 47); cute, blond, thick blond eyebrows, downturned smile, several inches taller than A; shy; has stuttered since 5 years old (p. 54); in biology w/her in 9th grade; in history w/Elizabeth; on track team w/Patrick, came in 2nd in relay; 1st period English w/Mr. Larson; lives by Dale Drive, opposite direction from Alices; dad works for IBM, being transferred to Dallas in June; former scout, knows how to tie lots of knots; married sister in Missouri; mother from Texas, lots of relatives there; mother read poems to kids; doesnt like to talk on phone due to stuttering; plans to get drivers license in TX; stuttering not bothering him so much anymore, especially since hes met Emily (#17: Including Alice, p. 182) Gambi, Todd (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 42): fellow high school student Gary (#18: Alice on Her Way): one of the Our Whole Lives students (p. 315) Green, Leo (Legs) (#13: The Grooming of Alice): Gwens boyfriend, very tall, very skinny, eats a ton; dad walked out when he was 6, got a stepdad he didnt like, happiest day when he, too, walked (p. 179); track; we learn his actual name in book #16: Patiently Alice; works on Sundays during summer before Gwens 10th grade (off on Fridays; #16: Patiently Alice); has a grandmother who lives in Frederick (#16: Patiently Alice); is cheating on Gwen by book #16: Patiently Alice; he told Mark, who in turn told Karen, that he and Gwen have slept together (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 214); enters senior year as Gwen enters sophomore year (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 220); was very needy with Gwen (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 219); hes at her senior prom with unknown date, doesnt see her (#24: Incredibly Alice) Haller, Eric (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 296): fellow schoolmate, sophomore to Alices senior Hardesty, Murray (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 35): junior class treasurer; Student Jury member Harris, Ollie (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of Alices 3rd-grade schoolmates; guest at her 9th b-day party; still at school with her, in her class, in 4th grade; Jewish (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 70); evidently, always tried to kiss Alice (#17: Including Alice, p. 228), and book #1b (Alice in Blunderland, p. 50) did indeed mention that he was one of the boys who used to chase her at recess, presumably because he liked her, which he does again in 5th grade, on the playground, when he tries to play Tarzan with her like Donald got to (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 78); has freckles (#1c, p. 39); born at 6:00 P.M. (#1c, p. 125) Harry (#15: Simply Alice): stage crew member for Fiddler; nice; body pierced; hes a senior when Alice is a sophomore (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 42, 178); all the girls like him, but Alice first learns from Molly that hes gay on the trip to New York (#18, p. 178); very expressive, a good actor; Max is his boyfriend in book #19: Alice in the Know (p. 88) Haung, Ann (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 66): upperclassman at school, wants to be a chemist Haynes, Lori (#12: A on the Outside): a girl from As 8th-grade English class and homeroom; tall brunette with bangs, average looking (pretty by senior year of high school; #23: Alice in Charge, p. 74), with nice shape, not large bosom; has two brothers w/rooms in basement both really shy, 16 and 17; lives in a Cape Cod in Glenmont; rather shy; her moms a housewife and her dad, rather quiet, an engineer; a lesbianshes known she was different since she was six years oldbut her family doesnt know (#12: A on the Outside, pp. 100 103)until book #23, that is, when she shares that she eventually came out to them (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 74); once wet herself in public; hunches over when she walks, growth spurt in Dec. of 7th grade; locker across from As in gym; great bedroom, like a mini apt.; a couple with Leslie (#14: Alice Alone, p. 48); e-mails A that she thinks she and Leslie would
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    like to be camp counselors, dream job is national park guide, likes to hike (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 161); in the bathroom after the wedding ceremony, Alice finds Lori crying: Leslie broke up with her (#17: Including Alice, p. 87); but right before winter break, Karen tells Alice that theyre back together (#17, p. 238), and they are indeed in book #18 (Alice on Her Way, p. 99); they both work for the National Park Service clearing the Appalachian Trail over summer before jr. year, plan to do so again next summer (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 236); still dating Leslie throughout jr. year, members of the schools Gay/Straight Alliance (#21: Almost Alice, pp. 11, 32); Student Jury member in senior year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 74); wears white tux to senior prom with Leslie; its been the happiest year of her life (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 234); when gang gets together over Thanksgiving weekend of freshman year of college, word is that she and Leslie are still together but have headed out west to Washington (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 35); in Seattle (p. 246); loses touch with Alice in early 20s, but Pams aware that the girls start a successful travel website for lesbian and gay community (p. 325), so successful that they ultimately open Haynes Hideaway B&B in Hailey, Idaho (p. 473); had a five-month break at one point in their relationship, but quickly reunited, then got married in Seattle, and Leslie look Loris name (p. 474) Healey, Erin (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 67): upperclassman at school, wants to be a physical therapist Heather (#4: Reluctantly Alice): girl in As 7th-grade World Studies class Herringer, Emma (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 42): fellow high school student Hines, Sherry (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 42): fellow high school student Hugh (#18: Alice on Her Way): senior on the New York school trip who accompanies the group on their breakout Friday night; pleasant voice, dark curly hair, huge chest, broad shoulders; Pamela likes him right away; used to live in New York City, knows some bars by NYU that his brotherwas a student theretold him about (pp. 199200); gets blow job from Pam then dumps her Hurley, Mark (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 144): fellow schoolmate, junior to Alices senior Ingram, Charlie (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 131): fellow schoolmate, freshman to Alices senior Jag (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 46): classmate at U of MD, business major; transferred from a university in Bombay last year; friends with Dave Larson; plans to work for low wages for his painter uncle over the summer; very smart Jared (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 68): U of MD classmate Alice meets in line at cafeteria; music major; plays sax, in a wedding band; long fingers, narrow face and shoulders, short dark curly hair, handsome in a nervous way; lives off campus with grad students; friendship ends when he basically tries to date rape her after an April afternoon wedding in sophomore year; she reports him, hes put on probation, transfers to George Washington in fall Jay (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 227): boy in Alices 11th-grade speech class Jay (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 103): plays the part of Frank Jr. in Cheaper by the Dozen; intense guy from Alices junior-year speech class; Pams date for senior prom (p. 231); going to Montgomery College (p. 232) Jenny (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 104): gets part of Miss Brill in Cheaper by the Dozen (as Charlenes understudy, when she drops out) Jerry (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 16): boyfriend of Amber (Alices 1st college roommate) at U of MD Jill (#5: All But Alice): One of Alices friends from jr. high on; very thin, pretty, popular, tall with very long legs (taller than Alice in senior year; #24: Incredibly Alice, p. 100), light brown hair (with golden highlights by senior year; #24: Incredibly Alice, p. 172), large bosom (34C, then 34D by 10th grade; #17: Including Alice, p. 221; #19: Alice in the Know, pp. 76, 234), sexy; first mentioned as being helpful in the bathroom when Alice takes her new earrings out
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    for the first time #5: All But Alice, p. 42); member of their Earring Club; also in As 7thgrade World Studies class; 7th-grade state name is Colorado (#6: Alice in April); 8th-grade Critical Choices assignment: arrange grandmothers funeralresult: donates body to medical science (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 5, 111); angry over her assignment, she accuses Mr. Everett of sexual advances early in 8th grade (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 101); has unchaperoned New Years Eve party in 8th grade (so 3 girls cant go) (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 39); goes to summer school summer before 9th grade (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 7); French maid for Pennys Halloween costume in 9th grade (#14: Alice Alone, p. 97); feels out of the loop about the girls camp news summer after 9th grade; tells Karen that she and Justin are sleeping together by August before 10th grade (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 202); still dating Justin in 10th grade and after and presumably having sex almost every weekend (#17: Including Alice, pp. 224, 266); treats Alice like an innocent (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 38); still a sexy babe and a flirt post-10th grade, her friends think Justin has become all the more attractive as a potential husband for her since his dad has become rich and Jill dreams of a huge, expensive wedding (#19: Alice in the Know, 44); they act like a married couple (#19, p. 64), and indeed, her number one goal is to marry him (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 14); but his parents dont like her, dont trust her motives; shes told Karen only that she and Justin have a plan if they try to send him away to school (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 235); at the last swim of the summer, Alice learns Jills been smoking cigarettes for a few months, lost 4 lbs. (#19, p. 232); meanspirited gossip hound (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 3); her already not-too-close friendship with Alice has cooled off even more by 11th grade (#20, p. 12) and by 12th, she and Karen have their own crowd that Alice doesnt feel welcome in (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 63); sophisticated dresser (#20, p. 13); for Pajama Day, wears lace-trimmed black stain tailored PJs (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 22); against Justins parents wishes, he flies her down to the Bahamas over 11th-grade spring break (#21: Almost Alice, p. 217); she hates his mother (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 210); again hints at a secret plan she and Justin have for the future (#22, p. 211); but they break up in November of senior year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 195) she gave him an ultimatum: stand up to your mother or else; back together before the Snow Ball on December 10; looks ravishing in a white dress with low-cut back (#23, p. 267); purposely pregnant by January of 12th grade, due in September since conceived night of the Snow Ball last semester; she and Justin plan to marry right after graduation in May or June (#24: Incredibly Alice, pp. 62, 63, 109), but push it up to April 23, at end of spring break, once his parents resign themselves to the fact (#24, p. 132); bails on role as understudy for Anne in Cheaper by the Dozensays shell be too busy planning her wedding (#24, pp. 101, 107); possible baby names: Isabella Paige, Ethan Alexander (#24, p. 110); the Colliers pay for most of the church wedding when the kids agree to their many terms (#24, p. 133); Jill seems to live alone with her divorced moma former model, even lovelier than Jill (#24, pp. 133, 197); post-graduation honeymoon planned for Kauai, HI, so diamond ring will have to wait (#24, p. 135); Karen throws her a well-attended surprise baby shower on April 18 that Mrs. Collier doesnt attend (#24, pp. 163, 197); she and Justin will have to start out with secondhand stuff from his folks, because his trust will only cover rent of the 16th Street apt. in DC that they move into over spring break: top floor, one bedroom, den turned into baby room, living room faces courtyard, no balcony (#24, pp. 172, 173); spend wedding weekend at Hay-Adams Hotel (#24, p. 171); limited guest list: Karen, Gwen, and Alice invited, Pam and Liz not (#24, p. 172); at wedding, Jills mom is escorted down aisle by one of her brothers, Jills father gives her away (#24, p. 215); they have a baby boy (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 28), living in Baltimore (p. 246); by time group is 27, Pam heard from Karen that they separated but then reunited (p. 325); next we hear of Jill and Justin, theyre
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    60, divorced, and Jill is a talent scout in L.A. (p. 510); still very attractivetrim and tan though wrinkled (#26, p. 503); her mother told her about the time capsule Jim (#5: All But Alice): boy in As 7th-grade cooking class Joe (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 37): high school student; Kenny Johnsons buddy Joel (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 68): Drama Club member, on stage crew; volunteers to be in charge of props for Cheaper by the Dozen John (#12: A on the Outside): one of the Bikers Johnson, Kenny (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 36): attitudinal 15-year-old sophomore; subject of first case Alice hears on Student Jury Karen (#5: All But Alice): *little heavy (#5: All But Alice) vs. very slim all her life, cant gain weight, just like her mom and grandmother (#13: The Grooming of Alice); pretty, popular; a sometimes dubious friend (#14: Alice Alone); a gossip (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 190); member of the Earring Club in 7th grade; also in As 7th-grade World Studies class; 7th-grade state name is Utah (#6: Alice in April); 8th-grade Critical Choices assignment: arrested for shopliftingresult: $300 fine and banned from Wheaton Plaza (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 5, 111); works at attendance desk before school starts in 8th grade (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 12); her father owns a jewelry store on Georgia Ave. (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 78); summer job before 9th grade: helping her aunt in senior citizens home (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 7); lives in apt. w/her divorced mother (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 75); spends every other weekend with her father (#14: Alice Alone, p. 22); bag of potato chips for 9th-grade Halloween costume (#14: Alice Alone, p. 97); family has relatives over for New Years Eve in 10th grade (#17: Including Alice, p. 267); Alice & Co. get her an unnamed date for the Jack of Hearts (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 36); has drivers license by end of 10th grade (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 296); shes Jills best friend, and both of them usually agree with the guys in the group (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 65); starting smoking cigarettes when Jill did over the summer before jr. yearAlice tells her they make you wrinkle (#19, p. 232); pretty much Jills twin by junior year: follows her in appearance, in attitude, in behaviors (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 3), even in not being close to Alice anymore (#20, p. 12); wants to either marry rich or go into fashion design (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 14); for Pajama Day, wears fur-trimmed PJs (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 22); goes to NY with her mom for 11thgrade spring break (#21: Almost Alice, p. 99); has a grandmother who lives in Maine, whom she visits in early summer pre-senior year (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 1), even though the visit was boring (#22, p. 51); one of Jills bridesmaids (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 172); attends Penn State (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 35); living in Philadelphia at time of Lizs marriage (p. 246); she occasionally e-mails Pam in their 20s, living in Pittsburgh by time girls are 27 years old (p. 325); when Alice next sees her at 60 years old, she works at a bank in Pittsburgh and is hardly recognizable, having gained a lot of weight (pp. 503, 510) Kayla (#25: Alice on Board, p. 255): another freshman roommate candidate, but her mother wants her to room with a Christian Keene (Keeno) (#19: Alice in the Know): friend of Brians, who brings him to Marks pool one night; fun and crazy; dolphin tattoo on butt; around for this whole post-10th-grade summer and thereafter; attends St. Johns, a private school (#19, p. 31; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 37); he seems to like Alice, consistently finding ways to talk to her, invite her places (#20, pp. 37, 237); same year as Alice &Co., though he took his PSAT a year earlier (perhaps as part of his prep school training?) (#20, p. 37); his dad buys him a used Buick with 100,000 miles on it in the fall (#20, p. 37; #22: Intensely Alice, p. 212); by summer before Alices senior year, he hangs with the gang even when Brians not there, chummy with Mark (#22, p. 23); cute, very blond, great physique (second only to Brians) (#22, p. 24); hair touches his shoulders by now (#22, p. 136); wants to buy an old car with Mark and fix it up to sell;
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    to raise money for it, forms the Naked Carpenters with Mark (on harmonica; hes on saw, which he learned from a great-uncle, with a radio for accompaniment)a novelty musical act dressed in briefs, painters caps, and work boots, which plays at local Metro stops and gets some local media coverage; modeled after the Naked Cowboy act in NY (#22, pp. 134 137, 139); takes a fancy to Liz by this point; pre-12th-grade summer job: works for his dad in a hardware store (#22, p. 238); last weekend of August, goes back to the soup kitchen and gives volunteer William a musical saw lesson, plans to do it again (#22, p. 266); mother drives an SUV (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 44); plays the guitar (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 152); will be attending naval academy in Annapolis after graduation (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 232); attends group get-together over Thanksgiving weekend of As freshman year of college, with buzz cut (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 35)last we hear of him Keiler, Margaret (#1b: Alice in Blunderland; #2: The Agony of Alice): girl in As 2nd-grade class with whom she had to sing Kelly, Marcus (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 120): student chair of SCOO at U of MD; tall; relatives near U campus Kenny (#18: Alice on Her Way): one of the two students who take driving lessons with Alice from Mr. Higgins; very tall, about 67 (p. 249) Kevin (#18: Alice on Her Way): one of the guys in the Our Whole Lives class (p. 79) Kim (#4: Reluctantly Alice): girl at jr. high Klaybrook, Jon (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 295): fellow schoolmate, freshman to Alices senior Kowalski, Dan (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 66): upperclassman at school, wants to be a criminal lawyer Lavies, Christy (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 296): fellow schoolmate, same grade as Alice Larson, Dave (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 38): Alices college boyfriend and eventual fianc (for details, see her Romance Department section above) Leslie (#12: A on the Outside): blondest girl in jr. high; in As 8th-grade homeroom; a lesbian, Loris special friend (pp. 140142; #14: Alice Alone, p. 48); likes to hike, would love to be a national park guide, like Lori; breaks up with Lori in October of sophomore year to date someone else, evidently a guy from another school (#17: Including Alice, pp. 88, 111); but after testing her feelings for boys one last time, she returns to Lori (#17, p. 238); works for the National Park Service clearing the Appalachian Trail over summer before jr. year with Lori (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 236); came out to her mother around the time she started spending time with Lori (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 73); shorter than Lori, sturdy, pretty (#23, p. 74); wears white tux to senior prom with Lori (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 234); for all future details, see Haynes, Lori above Levin, Christy (#21: Almost Alice, p. 28): Dons date to both the Snow Ball and the Sadie Hawkins dance; also a senior; brunette, finely arched eyebrows, tallish, on girls basketball team; lives in Scotts neighborhood in Kensington; handsome more than beautiful, interesting face, deep-set eyes, fine thin nose, white teeth (p. 71) Logan, Josh (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 41): roving reporter for The Edge; same class as Alice (senior) Lorenzo, Mary (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 181): fellow schoolmate, same year as Alice Lyle (#18: Alice on Her Way): one of the guys in Alices Our Whole Lives course; tall; the one with clitoris on the sign on his back during the first class; also read the unexpurgated edition of Arabian Nights (p. 289) Lynch, Scott (#19: Alice in the Know): new editor in chief of The Edge; a senior; tall, thin, lanky (p. 240); smart, thoughtful, caring, a warm welcoming smile for everyone (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 8); topaz blue eyes (#20, p. 11), wrinkle at each eyelid, three tiny moles at jaw line, faint blond mustache (#20, p. 64); squarest chin Alice has ever seen (#21, Almost Alice, p. 17); popular (#20, p. 42); drives a manual car with bucket seats up front and a fold-down
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    piece in between (#20, p. 62); wants to go into journalism or architecture; likes music, movies, bowling, sailing (#20, p. 65); takes a girl from Holton-Arms to Snow Ball (#20, p. 77); Alice crushes on him throughout book #20, will cherish his e-mail in response to her newspaper story (Alice, youre a wonder!) forever (#20, p. 204); has a cell phone with caller ID (#21: Almost Alice, pp. 21, 22); afternoon chemistry class in 2nd semester of senior year (#21, p. 29); lives in Kensington (#21, p. 54); applied to four colleges so far (#21, p. 72); has a younger brother (#21, p. 151) Mackey, Josephine (#2: The Agony of Alice): One of Miss Coles students in 6th grade Madison (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 151): U of MD student; senior to Claires junior, the second of the two Magic Myst reps on campus, whom Sandra also recruited Manning, Kirk (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 35): friend of Patricks from band; Student Jury member Mario (#21: Almost Alice, p. 262): one of the guys on the senior prom bus; Latino; girlfriend: Ana Martin, Ann (#2: The Agony of Alice): One of Miss Coles students in 6th grade Max (#19: Alice in the Know): Harrys friend (possibly boyfriend); looks just like him (p. 88) Mayer, Sam (#10: Outrageously Alice): in As Camera Club in 8th grade; shorter and heavier than Patrick, dark hair, looks chunky but muscular, round face, nice eyes and smile; by 10th grade, his face isnt as round and hes more muscular, inch or two taller than Alice (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 12); quiet; nice; close to his mom, lives alone with her in a 4th-floor condo in a high-rise on Colesville Rd. (#18, pp. 12, 87); hardly ever sees his father in Florida (#18; p. 95); its clear that he likes A by start of book #11: Achingly Alice; her life science lab partner in 2nd semester of 8th grade; very good photographer; Sam works for his freelance mom sometimes to earn money (#18, p. 18); invites A to semi-formal before Patrick does (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 114); critical of his own work; wants to be a photo-journalist (#14: Alice Alone); Jewish, usually goes to movies w/his mother on X-mas; spent 9th-grade X-mas Eve with Jennifers family when they were dating (#17: Including Alice, p. 242); breaks up with Jennifer right after freshman year was over (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 202); at newspaper Halloween party, asks Alice about her love lifestill interested in her (#17: Including Alice, p. 172); comes to see her the last day of school before winter break in 10th grade, when shes home sick (he had the same flu last week), bringing her the semesters last edition of The Edge and filling her in on next assignment; he thinks his article will be on how it feels to break up (#17, pp. 240243); instead, he decides to do a three-part photo essay (where students go outside of school, how they earn money, and how they give back to community) and Alice accompanies him to mall for research on the first installment the first Friday night in book #18 (Alice on Her Way, p. 7); hes 16 by January of sophomore year, has his license, shares his mothers car (#18, p. 6) (with full front seat, not bucket seats, p. 127); good, safe driver (#18, pp. 26, 128); has no classes with Alice in 2nd semester of 10th grade, different lunch period too (#18, p. 126); pretty serious guy (#18, p. 100); has a tendency to jump to conclusions (#18, p. 140); calls As cell phone instead of home number so as not to disturb her parents (#18, p. 123); signs up for school trip to NYC the minute he knows Alice is going (#18, p. 158), his seatmate on the ride up is Tony Osler (#18, p. 183); rooms with Justin, Mark, and Tim (#18, p. 183); lets his mom plan his extracurricular activities: has taken a Chinese cooking class with her and cooks for them once a week, wrestling planned for junior year (#18, p. 186); original family name: Mayerschoff; grandparents from Russia, hes named after his grandfather Samuel, married to Sophie (#18, pp. 215, 216); sentimental (#18, p. 253); within weeks of his and Alices breakup, he has a new girlfriend, from his Spanish class (#18, p. 317); dating a sophomore who adores him in 2nd semester of 11th grade; comes to the Sadie Hawkins dance dressed as Marryin Sam (#21: Almost Alice, p. 63); photography editor of The Edge by his senior year; plays the role of Dr. Burton in Cheaper
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    by the Dozen (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 103); wears gray tux with wine-colored cummerbund to senior prom (#24, p. 234); cheeks get red when he drinks (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 259) McGowan, Ryan (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 103): plays the part of Larry in Cheaper by the Dozen; Alices classmate in physics; tall, handsome, brownish-blond hair (p. 106), athletic build (p. 115); moved from Illinois last year, when his dad was transferred (p. 126); did bit parts in community theater there, gets acting coaching now, thinking of majoring in theater, fine arts, or publishing/writingwants to make a splash; applied to Columbia, U of Iowa, and his mothers alma mater in MN (p. 127)accepted at Iowa (p. 170); a great bowler, born in Bowling Green (p. 157); romantically interested in Alicetakes her out over spring break and first kisses her night of April 9 (p. 159); has relatives in Maine (p. 209); will work at uncles hardware store over the summer (p. 210); takes Penny to the senior prom (p. 234) Melinda (#21: Almost Alice, p. 262): Ron Yens senior prom date Merwin, Jody Dianne (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of Alices 3rd-grade classmates; one of the three nicknamed Terrible Triplets; friends with Alice by book #1b; still a classmate in 4th grade; doesnt have any brothers or sisters, parents married (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 29; #1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 33); Jewish; every Christmas, after breakfast at her grandparents, the whole family goes to the movies (#1b, p. 70); her mothers a nurse, the one who calls the high school about Lisa Shane (#1b, p. 123); still in As class in 5th grade, with Alice still thinking shes okay some of the time, sometimes not so much (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 2); hosts a sleepover party for Halloween, inviting only Megan, Dawn, and Alice, not Rosalind; has bunk beds and a TV in her room (#1c, pp. 26, 29); hair hangs over her eyes (#1c, p. 112); born at midnight (#1c, p. 125) Morella, Cindy (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 182): fellow schoolmate, same year as Alice Morella, Holly (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 67): upperclassman at school, wants to go into business Moss, Tim (#17: Including Alice, p. 143): new assistant editor of The Edge; starts dating Pam in junior year (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 85)her date for the Snow Ball that year, in her English class that year; wears a midnight blue tux and smells of aftershave (p. 134); so nice for a cute guy, unassuming, funny, smart, thoughtful; great kisser (#20, p. 152); more of a gentleman than Pams previous suitors; his mothers birthday is in April (#21: Almost Alice, p. 155); hes 17 when Pam is, so both are just a little older than Alice (#21, p. 231); after the pregnancy scare in May of Pams jr. year, they break up (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 5) (for more details, see Pams Love Life section above); sports editor of The Edge by his senior year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 10); gets role of Fred in Cheaper by the Dozen (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 103); when he shows up for group get-together over Thanksgiving weekend of As freshman year of college, movie-star unshaven look (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 35)last we hear of him Mueller, Ross (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 32): Lizs boyfriend from summer after 9th grade to summer after 10th: meet when fellow asst. counselors at Camp Overlook; cute (both Liz and Pam like him upon first glance); very blond hair, tan skin; from Philadelphia; he hooks up w/Liz, promises he wont tell anyone about their last night alone together; his brother picks him up from camp; older brother looking at colleges in the fall of book #17: Including Alice, so he comes to D.C. with him (p. 90) just for that one day; doesnt have his license yet in Feb. of sophomore year (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 35); takes Amtrak to MD to attend Jack of Hearts with Liz and sleeps at Less apartment (#18, p. 46); to Lizs disappointment, decides not to attend Camp Overlook again summer after 10th grade (#18, p. 298), works construction job instead, which effectually ends the relationship (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 15); they still text now and then by senior year of high school (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 5) Murdo, Zachary (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 286): fellow schoolmate, same grade as Alice
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    Murphy, Sean (#21: Almost Alice, p. 64): chair of the dance committee for the very first Sadie Hawkins Day dance in Alices junior year Norris, Ted (#2: The Agony of Alice): One of Miss Coles students in 6th grade OConnell, Nick (#14: Alice Alone): senior, editor in chief of The Edge in As freshman year Osler, Tony (#17: Including Alice): about Alices height, brown hair and eyes, nice-looking but not spectacular, husky (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 33); one year older than Alice; sports editor for The Edge (#17, p. 140; #19: Alice in the Know, p. 241); drives a bunch of the staff to Jaynes Halloween party, including Alice; costume looks like the king of Siam, which his sisters made for him; not particularly polite or respectful to Ben (p. 169); his dad (who himself drives a Buick LaSabre; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 85) bought him a used demo car (a little Toyota; #20, p. 85) for passing his drivers test and pays for his insurance too; doesnt see too much of his busy father; used to live in Massachusetts before his dad got transferred; has a genetic heart defect so cant play football; although he picked Alice up last for the party, he takes her home last, which at first makes her nervous, but then he just talks to her the whole way home (#17, pp. 173174); offers her a ride home from school in March, seems to like her (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 159, 160); still likes her in #20: Dangerously Alice (p. 9); has a reputation for being fast (#20, p. 76); dances with her at Homecoming (#20, p. 33) and takes her to Snow Ball (for further details on their brief romance, see Alices Romance Department section above); lives in a big ranch-style house with a housekeeper (#20, p. 213) Oslinger, Peter (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 182): fellow schoolmate, same year as Alice Penny (#13: The Grooming of Alice): Baskin-Robbins clerk; petite, a nice size 3, not skinny, cute, fun and bubbly, dimples, short curly hair; just moved to Silver Spring in June, hired a week ago; Brian likes her immediately; all the boys crazy over her; by book #14: Alice Alone, shes in As high school and shes got her eye on Patrick; has Halloween party on a Sat. night in freshman year, shes in a pirate costume (which includes black shorts; #17: Including Alice, p. 138) and the all the guys come as gangsters (pp. 9697); house like As: large and old w/lots of trees; two parents; wants to go into advertising; she and Patrick break up in June after freshman year, she doesnt feel like a top priority to him; starts dating Mark summer before sophomore year (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 161); takes same bus to school as Alice, on before Alice is (#17: Including Alice, pp. 147, 160); her father is manager of the Pavilion, gets free tickets to all events (#17: Including Alice, p. 156); after Alice avoids and insults her a couple times at school in October of sophomore year, Penny e-mails her one night asking how long shes going to stay mad at her, which leads to a longer exchange the following evening, ending in the two pretending to like each other for a few days to see how it goes (#17: Including Alice, pp. 146, 154157); this actually lasts for months, and the two become friendly again (#17, p. 236); Penny had same flu Alice gets a week earlier (#17, p. 235); 10th-grade New Years Eve: party at a neighbors (#17, p. 267); still dating Mark in post10th-grade summer (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 17); for 11th-grade Pajama Day, wears same trapdoor red flannels she wore to As coed slumber party (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 22); cant volunteer at the soup kitchen with her friends in July before senior year because shell be away that week (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 4); worried about getting fat, which she isnt, even if shes gained just 1 or 2 lbs. (#22, p. 51); pretty uneventful summer, with just surgery for an ingrown toenail (#22, p. 209); looks great at the sock hop; about a size 2; Alice still harbors a tad of jealousy, otherwise they might be good friends (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 79); plays the housekeeper, Mrs. Fitzgerald, in Cheaper by the Dozen spring production (#24, p. 101); during a phone call, Penny admits to Alice she feels like she always loses out to her, also tells her she never though Patrick seriously liked hertheir relationship was just playful (#24, p. 213); interested in Ryan; has cousins young enough to babysit (#24, p. 214); doesnt
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    make the application cutoff date for the cruise line job (#24, p. 224); senior prom date: Ryan (#24, p. 234); moved with her family to Delaware (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 35); by time of Lizs wedding, gang has lost track of her (p. 246); but via Facebook, Pam knows shes married in Tucson by time gang is 27 (p. 325) Perkins, Shauna (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 297): fellow schoolmate, same grade as Alice Pete (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 63): U of MD classmate and one of Alices new gang Rainey (#25: Alice on Board, p. 255): potential freshman roommate, but ends up wanting someone artier than Alice Reeves, Kelsey (#21: Almost Alice, p. 98): senior who gets the role of Adelaide in Guys and Dolls Renaldi, Jayne (#17: Including Alice): new editor of The Edge (p. 43); tall, dark-haired senior; hosts a Halloween party for the newspaper staff in As sophomore year (p. 1380), where everyones costumes are to be made of newspaper (p. 142); lives near Colesville Road (p. 139), on the other side of Silver Spring (p. 169); Jaynes costume is also a grass skirt (p. 170); her parents chaperone the party, shes obviously close to her mother; doesnt go on the NYC school tripwhen she goes to the City, its on weekend with her aunt, when they see a few plays (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 159) Reston, Sean (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 67): upperclassman at school, wants to be a veterinarian Richard (#15: Simply Alice): senior; stage crew member for Fiddler; body pierced; tallest of the 4 boys, lanky, leers Robbins, Valerie (Val) (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 21): Alices best friend in college; first meet as Sociology 101 classmates, her closest friend freshman year, then roommates in junior & senior years too; rooms with Claire sophomore year; tall, thin, eats a lot but cant gain weight; boyfriend Colin from high school, older than her; aunt in Adelphi; has a car; family in Frederick; history major, wants to work in museum acquisitions; dates Colin until he graduates, then has new boyfriend in senior year; offered job as curator for small museum being built in Oklahoma City; Alice meets her there over senior winter break to help her scope it out (p. 229); she takes the job after graduation and then permanently stays there for rest of bookco-director by the time Alice is pregnant with Patricia; remains a good friend, one of Alices bridesmaids Robinski, Craig (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 145): fellow schoolmate, same year as Alice Ruby (#1a: Starting with Alice): the mean patrol girl at Alices school (pp. 19, 24, 129, 131, 157); two grades ahead of Alice Russell, Amber (#25: Alice on Board, p. 255): Alices first roommate in college, from Ohio; she likes Alices freckles, Alice likes her tattoos (dove on ankle, angel on thigh, butterfly on midsection); laid-back; (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything): large but not fat, messy, unhygienic, strewn all over the place, dates Jerry start of freshman year, goes to live in his place once things get tense with Alice Sadler, Jennifer (#13: The Grooming of Alice): Sams date to 8th-grade semi-formal, then his girlfriend (#13, p. 177); wild mane of curly hair; they break up at end of freshman year (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 202), but it isnt until 10th-grade V Day dance evening that Liz gives Alice an idea of why: she heard Jennifer telling Charlene that it seemed like Mrs. Mayer was along with them on every date (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 94) Samantha (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 120): fellow SCOO member at U of MD; red hair; in charge of publicity, with Devon Sanderson, Margaret (Meggie) (#25: Alice on Board, p. 143): the niece of a Melody Inn customer; potential U of MD roommate for Alice, until the girls scare her away with their practical joke Sara (#5: All But Alice): girl in As 7th-grade World Studies class; dark hair, quiet, average looking Sara (#14: Alice Alone): features editor of The Edge when As a freshman
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    Schwartz, Cory (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of Alices 3rd-grade classmates; blond; guest at 9th bday party; still around in 5th grade (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 79) Schweitzer, Darien (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 35): debate team member; Student Jury foreman; round-faced, pudgy, radio announcers voice, politicians smile Severn, Jacki (#19: Alice in the Know): new features editor of The Edge; a senior (p. 240); nice hair, even though the blond isnt real, nice looking (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 8); Alice suspects she likes Scott too (#20, p. 43); though shes a good writer with an eye for layout, Alice isnt crazy about her, finds her difficult to work with (#21: Almost Alice, p. 12); quits Edge staff on Wed., March 26, right after spring break of her senior year when her feature story idea is rejected (#21, p. 145); voice gets louder whenever she wants to make a point (#21, p. 143); isnt included in yearbook picture of staff that year (#21, p. 152) Sheldon, Amy (#17: Including Alice) (nickname: Amy Clueless; #19: Alice in the Know, p. 77): new girl in school in Alices gym class in sophomore year (#17, p. 6), disabled, comes over from special ed (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 77; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 23); not a looker: long narrow face, eyes too close together, big space between nose and upper lip, nonsymmetrical features, undersized for her age (hasnt started her period yet at 15 years old), voice too loud, has a childs innocent stare (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 23, 174, 265); not at all subtle; speaks in non sequiturs; doesnt really fit in but desperately wants to and not aware of how this behavior affects people (#19, p. 77); always carries a tampon with her (#17, p. 89); Alice makes fun of her at lunch one day by saying shell be an old maid but then immediately regrets it (#17, p. 124); comes to Ben and Sylvias ceremony; lives in apartment bldg. a block away from Melody Inn; gullible (#17, p. 223); post-10th-grade summer job: dog-walking (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 77); also a victim of Brians sex quiz (#19, p. 122); comes to the Snow Ball alone in a pale green puffy, ruffled dress with matching purse, father dropped her off/picking her up at 11:00, thought people attended stag, begs Alice to take her picture with her, Alice saves her from humiliation by removing trail of toilet paper with a note pinned to her dress (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 135139); finally starts menstruating in April of her junior year; thinks she cant wear tampons as a virgin, but always carries some, for others (#21: Almost Alice, p. 182); seems to be repeating her junior year when Alice is a freshman (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 13); maternal grandmother: Grandma Roth (#23, p. 15); curls her hair on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays (#23, p. 22); nice figure, tiny waist, 32B bra size (#23, pp. 14, 23); good at asking questions, so Alice convinces her to become a roving reporting for The Edge; good at memorizing; has a literature tutor (who ends up being Mr. Granger) (#23, pp. 181, 224); Alice notices how nice shes been looking latelydressing nicely (#23, p. 203); substitute teacher Dennis Granger molests her after school on a Tuesday at the end of November in Room 208 after a series of innocent kisses shed given him as thanks (chap. 16); after shes brave enough to speak up and her accusations proven warranted, she garners the sympathy and admiration of the student body (#23, p. 260); joins stage crew for Cheaper by the Dozen production, on props, also serves as usher during performancesinvited to be part of stage crew next year too (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 110, 185); has two cavities (#24, p. 111) Shoates, Jennifer (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 223): the girl in Alices 11th-grade speech class who chooses premarital chastity as her debate topic; mother humiliates her by protesting Song, Lei (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 42): fellow high school student Sonya (#18: Alice on Her Way): one of the Our Whole Lives senior students; red hair, the prettiest girl in the class; Lyles girlfriend; got a scholarship to Brown (p. 315) Spiro, Don (#19: Alice in the Know; given a last name in #21: Almost Alice, p. 12): one of The Edge photographers; a senior (p. 241); looks like a linebacker (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 176); one of the guys who watches out for Liz and Alice when they do their undercover newspaper
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    research; he and Christy Levin double with Alice and Scott for Sadie Hawkins Day dance; lives near Scott in Kensington (#21, p. 61); going to Montgomery College for his first two years of college, then will transfer elsewhere (#21, p. 72) Squire, Gretchen (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 144): fellow schoolmate, freshman to Alices senior Stedmeister, Mark B. (#3: Alice in Rapture): one of As classmates; bit younger than Alice (so his birthdays after May; in fact, when he dies, hes still 16, so his birthday was after August 18 [#22: Intensely Alice, p. 249]) (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 296); Pamelas 1st boyfriend by summer after 6th grade; an only child (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 232); has a pool with a light on the bottom (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 67), family usually opens it on June 1; in As 7th-grade World Studies class; one of the Three Handsome Stooges (best-looking boys in 7th grade); still interested in Pamela in 7th grade; larger than his father (#8: Alice the Brave); 8th-grade Critical Choices assignment: got a girl pregnantresult: $400/mo. for 18 years in child support, two jobs, no college (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 5, 111); not on speaking terms with Brian in Sept. of 8th grade over Pamela, but back to being friends by Oct.; summer job before 9th grade: shelving books at the library; starts dating Penny when the girls are at camp summer before sophomore year (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 161); 10th-grade New Years Eve plans: goes to a party (#17: Including Alice, p. 267); his pool is considered the groups anchor point, and as their lives start to get busier and more complex, the whole group agrees to meet there every Monday night in pre-junior-year summer (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 17, 40); spends 11th-grade spring break fixing up an old Chevy hes buying from his father (#21: Almost Alice, p. 99; #22: Intensely Alice, p. 26); considering going to Clemson for college (#22, p. 54); one half of the Naked Carpenters, with Keeno, to raise money for their car fixup project (#22, pp. 135137); nice butt, back, well endowed (#22, pp. 135, 136), great smile (#22, p. 248); since he stopped hanging around with Brian so much and with Keeno more, Alice likes the changes shes seen in himmore of an individual than a background player (#22, p. 141); summer job before senior year: gas station attendant (#22, p. 238); tragically killed on August 18th (for details, see section below); was a Cub Scout (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 302) Suzanne (#18: Alice on Her Way): one of the Our Whole Lives students (p. 315) Tolman, Drew (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 267): record keeper for senior game Assassins last week of high school Travis (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 60): U of MD classmate; wicked sense of humor Trisha (#12: A on the Outside): a girl at jr. high Truitt, Aaron (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 296): fellow schoolmate, junior to Alices senior Verona, Charlene (#2: The Agony of Alice): girl at school when A is in 6th grade; in Miss Coles class (pp. 33, 52); Halloween costume is bottle of Heinz ketchup that her dad and sister made (p. 61); gets one of the 3 best parts in the school play #2: The Agony of Alice, p. 82); resurfaces in book #15: Simply Alice (p. 15), looks like Alice from the back, same body shape, height, and hair color; pretty, thick wavy hair blow-dried away from her face; has it all, very fortunate, The Girl Who Has Everything; sings well, dances ballet, acting lessons started at age 9 (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 88); self-centered; moved back to town January 1 of 9th grade after her dad was transferred to Illinois; auditions for Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof (#15: Simply Alice, p. 36), gets Tzeitel, only freshman to get part (#15, p. 40); showing off, sprains her ankle between acts on last performance (#15, pp. 110111); gray brick house (p. #15, p. 123); A and the girls bring her flowers afterward (#15, pp. 123126); still in Drama Club in sophomore year (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 42); tries out for role of Sister Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls junior year (#21: Almost Alice, p. 94); when she doesnt get it, concentrates on upcoming ballet recital instead (#21, p. 99); auditions for Ernestine in Cheaper by the Dozen, but lands the role of Miss Brill; drops out when she gets part of the
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    good witch in Wizard of Oz with Montgomery Players instead (#24: Incredibly Alice, pp. 88, 104) Weil, Chris (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 202): fellow schoolmate, junior to Alices senior Weinstein, Kurt (#15: Simply Alice): senior when A is freshman; big; wrestles, choir; great voice, gets part of Tevye in Fiddler; Jewish, observes the Sabbath; big house; has a living greatgrandfather Whitlock, Denise (Mack Truck) (#4: Reluctantly Alice): sits in front of A in 7th-grade Language Arts class, though shes an 8th grader whos repeating some courses; also in P.E. together; hefty; green eyes; born in Detroit; 4 brothers and 1 sister, shes the youngest; mother works at dry-cleaning plant, father runs a bowling alley; thinks her mother doesnt love her and feels unwanted (#6: Alice in April, p. 52); beaten by her mother (pp. 68, 101); has signed photo by Leonardo DiCaprio; commits suicide the Monday morning after Dads 50th b-day party, after giving Alice her prized possessions (p. 145), announced at a special school assembly; she stood in front of an oncoming Amtrak train (pp. 154155) Whitney, James (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 63): U of MD classmate and one of Alices new gang; hairy (the guy the gang shaves); successor to his familys farm; joins SCOO; from Frederick Withers, Louie (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 151): one of Keenos friends from St. Johns; heavyset; plays soccer; Pams date for senior-year Snow Ball Yen, Ron (#21: Almost Alice, p. 262): Patricks Asian friend; one of the people they attend the senior prom with Yolanda (#18: Alice on Her Way): Gwens friend, goes to same church, they ask boys from church to the Jack of Hearts dance sophomore year (p. 55); focuses far more on her ancestors slave roots than Gwen does (p. 218); by end of 10th grade, shes started hanging out with Gwen and Alices crowd (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 65); favorite color: black (#19, p. 92); lives with her dad and, for the past three years, his girlfriend, whom she doesnt want to accept as her mother (#19, p. 95); brings a guy (a boy friend or a boyfriend?) to the last summer swim at Marks (#19, p. 232); cinnamon-colored skin, very attractive (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 158); has taken some Spanish, has a boyfriend (#21: Almost Alice, p. 43); has lost her virginity by Thanksgiving of senior year (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 214); long nails (#23, p. 215); has an Aunt Josie (#23, p. 216); hot and heavy with her boyfriend in senior year, so doesnt want to work on the cruise ship with the other girls that summer, but also because she makes good tips waitressing full-time and also wants a surgical procedure on her labia, which Gwen strongly opposes; cousin will lend her $4K to get it done (#24: Incredibly Alice, pp. 4, 30); ultimately decides not to do it (#24, p. 54); ringed fingers, finely arched eyebrows (#24, p. 25); likes her feet (#24, p. 33); graduates one day earlier than the girls, since attended a different high school, but as of yet, undecided on what to do next (#25: Alice on Board, p. 2); has an aunt who lives in Baltimore, visits her for a few days at end of cruise job (#25, p. 243); attends Alices bridal shower and bachelorette party (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 261) 4. Teachers & Faculty Ames, Miss Shirley (#15: Simply Alice): high school journalism teacher and newspaper sponsor/adviser; very thin (#21: Almost Alice, p. 142), oval face, small features, straight brown shoulder-length hair (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 63); costume for Janes Halloween party: long gown made up of want-ads section (#17: Including Alice, p. 171); pleases Alice at a staff meeting by noting that shes good at drawing out peoples feelings (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 160); once won a hot dog eating contest (#21, p. 142)
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    Bailey, Mrs. (#19: Alice in the Know): high school guidance counselor (p. 238); earned counseling degree from University of Maryland (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 8); in her sixties, gray hair with some brown, gentle curls, soft skin, laugh lines (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 36) Beck, Miss (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): the substitute teacher for Mr. Dooley in 4th grade for about a week when hes absent due to the birth of his child Beck, Mr. (#19: Alice in the Know; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 23; #23: Alice in Charge, p. 1): previously mentioned male high school principal gets a name in book #23 Bloom, Mr. Gordon (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 167): high school civics teacher; faculty adviser for SSC; drives a station wagon; has a daughter Bolino, Mrs. (#5: All But Alice): teaches Our Changing Bodies unit of As 7th-grade health class; gorgeous; attends Sylvias wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 96) Bork, Myra (#21: Almost Alice, p. 188): faculty member at high school; raises ferrets Burstin, Mrs. (#1a: Starting with Alice): 3rd-grade teacher: thin, wiry-looking, metal classes, curly hair; nice; had a baby last year; helps Alice return Mr. Dooleys valentine box in 4th grade (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 97) Cardello, Luis (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 42): high school Spanish teacher Cary, Mrs. (#20: Dangerously Alice): Alices speech teacher in 11th grade, first semester elective course (p. 81); set designer for Cheaper by the Dozen spring production in 12th grade (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 68); married (#24, p. 184) Cole, Miss (#2: The Agony of Alice): One of the three 6th-grade teachers at As elementary school in Silver Spring; in charge of the safety patrol; beautiful, tall, slim, sandy hair that curls under at edge, white teeth, dimples, green eyes; drives red sports car; plays tennis on Saturdays; A gives her a tortoise-shell barrette w/clef sign on it as a gift at the start of the school year (pp. 42, 48) and a musical hankie on Valentines Day (p. 89); Halloween costume: Chinese/Asian woman; same birthday as Alice; A wants to be like her in book #2: The Agony of Alice, wants her to be her adopted mother, until she realizes she likes Mrs. Plotkin even better Corona, Mr. (#18: Alice on Her Way): one of the history teachers at the high school and one of the faculty chaperones for the NYC school trip in 10th grade (p. 176) Cummings, Miss (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 56): temporary librarian at high school, 2nd semester of Alices senior year, when Mrs. Garson takes a one-month medical leave Dooley, Mr. (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): Alices 4th-grade teacher; never gets angry; patriotic; likes his job; kids call him Mr. Doe-doe, Mr. Doo-bee, or Mr. Doo-Doo; Alice thinks hes rather perfect, has never seen him make a mistake (p. 7); when he starts acting a bit of character and being late at times, its explained by the fact that he and his wife are expecting their first child on April 12 (but it comes around April 1a boy, Elijah David); around Valentines Day, Alice take money she intended for Lisa Shane and buys his unborn baby a cap for a present (blue knit, with HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEETHOVEN in white letters on the front); he returns to his job after spring vacation, in early April Eagan, Professor (#25: Alice on Board, p. 202): the professor who invited Patrick to Barcelona gets a name in book #25: Alice on Board; has a girlfriend wholl be joining him in midAugust in Barcelona, also to teach a course Edgecomb, Mr. (#2: The Agony of Alice): principal when A is in 6th grade; looks like a rooster, narrow face, red wavy hair that peaks in the center, loose double chins, but not fat; Halloween costume: cowboy Ellis, Mr. (#14: Alice Alone): Drama Club sponsor in high school; marriedhe and his wife host cast party last night of senior-year play at their Victorian house (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 184) Evans, Oscar (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 42): high school history teacher
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    Everett, Mr. (#9: Alice in Lace): As 8th-grade health instructor, new to school that year; ~30 years old, 65, dresses casually, blond hair that hangs in his face, looks like a young Brad Pitt; warm smile, seems to love his job; genial; soft-spoken; fair and firm; married w/kids; several students develop crush on him in 8th grade (Elizabeth, Jill, Karen); his classroom is in the west corridor; keeps a legal encyclopedia in his reference books at the back of his classroom; Jill accuses him of making sexual advances in fall of 8th grade (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 101), which gets him temporarily suspended until Alice discloses the truth; wins two teacher recognition awards for inventiveness in As 8th-grade year (#11: Achingly Alice); attends Sylvias wedding; (#17: Including Alice, p. 97); one of his kids is 3 at the time of the wedding, a girl (#17, p. 101); Lizs favorite teacher (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 19) Frazier, Mrs. (#17: Including Alice): a teacher at Alices high school; teaches a course titled Practical Living for seniors (p. 43) Free, Mrs. Betty (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 36): high school secretary Gage, Mr. (#21: Almost Alice, p. 94): choir director at the high school Galt, Corina (#21: Almost Alice, p. 188): faculty member at high school; owns a Model T Garcia, Mr. (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 36): high school custodian Garson, Mrs. (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 56): high school librarian Gephardt, Mr. (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 11): vice principal of Alices high school Granger, Dennis (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 18): substitute English teacher during Alices senior yearprimarily subbing for a pregnant woman in Room 208; good-looking; makes the girls a little uneasytoo flirtatious/informal with them (p. 171); ends up molesting Amy (chap. 16) and behaving inappropriately with other girls, being replaced, charges against him proven (p. 260) Hensley, Mr. Elmer (Horse-Breath Hensley) (#4: Reluctantly Alice): As World Studies teacher in 7th grade; bad breath; spits a bit when he talks; 510, square build, small gray-blue eyes, grayish blond hair, always wears gray or brown; not too exciting but fair; married; to break up normal alpha routine, he organizes his kids alphabetically by first name, not last; each February, he has a famous persons assignment, where students look for commonalities; the time capsule is his project; retires after As 7th-grade year, kids throw him a party; attends Sylvias wedding; an excellent dancer (#17: Including Alice, p. 98) Hertzel, Mr. (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 74): Alices homeroom teacher in 1st semester, 11th grade Higgins, Mr. (#18: Alice on Her Way): Alices driving instructor; humorless (p. 249) Jackson, Linda (#21: Almost Alice, p. 188): faculty member at high school; belly dances Kessler, Mr. (#11: Achingly Alice): As 8th-grade biology teacher; attends Sylvias wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 101) Kincaid, Mr. (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 19): high school teacher; nearsighted Kleingold, Mr. (#21: Almost Alice, p. 186): school orchestra faculty leader/conductor Larson, Miss (#9: Alice in Lace): substitute teacher for Mr. Everetts 8th-grade health class when hes briefly suspended Larson, Mr. (#15: Simply Alice): English teacher at high school Levinson, Mr. (#14: Alice Alone): band leader in high school Linden, Gayle (#18: Alice on Her Way): co-instructor of Our Whole Lives classes at church; married; has been teaching course for about seven years (p. 74) Morrison, Mr. James (#21: Almost Alice, p. 32): faculty sponsor of Gay/Straight Alliance Ormand, Mr. (#6: Alice in April): principal of As jr. high; bald; attends Sylvias wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 96) Ortega, Miss (#21: Almost Alice, p. 94): dance teacher at the high school; choreographs Guys and Dolls
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    Otis, Miss (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 80): school secretary at As elementary school in Takoma Park; new to school in As 5th-grade year; stands in as school nurse when needed; brown almondshaped eyes, brown shoulder-length hair, tan-looking skin year-round, long slender fingers; boys think shes sexy, Alice thinks shes a stepmother candidate but then finds out she has a boyfriend Parks, Mr. (#5: All But Alice): basketball coach in jr. high; teaches 7th-grade boys the Our Changing Bodies unit of health class; handsome, looks like Paul Newman w/black hair; still the boys P.E. teacher at Sylvias jr. high in book #17: Including Alice, attends the wedding and acts as emcee/deejay (p. 95); has a good singing voice (#17: Including Alice, p. 95) Peters, Roy (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 43): high school P.E. teacher Pinotti, Mrs. (#10: Outrageously Alice): sponsors the jr. high Camera Club; tiny, birdlike, sharp nose, lined face, closely cropped brown hair like feathers, black beady eyes, small hands; fascinating; passion for photography; attends Sylvias wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 96) Plotkin, Mrs. Sara (#2: The Agony of Alice): As 6th-grade teacher; room 217; homely, pear-shaped; about 60 (in reality, isnt 60 until book #13: The Grooming of Alice), short straight gray hair, blue eyes, receding chin, buck teeth; at 2:30 each day in her class, its book time, she reads very expressively, nice voice; Snoopy paperweight on her desk; Halloween costume: farmer (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 62); A is quite fond of her by the holidays and says shes the first teacher shes felt close to (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 79); has lived w/her husband in MO, WI, LA & MD; drives a Chevrolet; A gives her a musical hankie on Valentines Day (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 89); no kids, only nephews, has a brother; summer plans: July in Vermont w/Ned; hospitalized the summer after As 7th grade for a heart attack (history of heart trouble): A visits and brings flowers (#7: Alice In-Between, chap. 14); first kiss around 17; A meets her again June before 9th grade when candy-striping, when Mrs. P is in the hospital for her heart problem again (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 37); thinner and grayer in last 3 years; shes back in the hospital in August (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 131); teenage years a roller coaster, 20s exciting as she started out in life, 30s she fell in love, 40s fell in love w/teaching, 50s traveled a lot; dies in room 517 one August morning while A is at work there (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 130); memorial service (no body) that Friday at Methodist Church, Dad and Alice go, about 100 people, but mostly older neighbors, elementary school principal; people share memories of her, Alice included; retired after 30 years of teaching, devoted and active church member, many humanitarian activities (#13: The Grooming of Alice, chap. 11) Ralston, Mrs. (#14: Alice Alone): Elizabeths long-time piano teacher Rollins, Mrs. Barbara (#11: Achingly Alice): junior high school secretary; grandmother; at least 10 years older than Sorringer, good friends w/him, often go out to lunch Rosen, Mrs. (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 34): Alices AP English teacher, 2nd semester of 12th grade; small face, deep-set eyes Samuels, Mr. (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 131): high school chemistry teacher Saunders, Mrs. (#2: The Agony of Alice): As 4th-grade teacher Serio, Mr. (#1a: Starting with Alice): principal at As elementary school in Takoma Park Shepherd, Mr. Ernie (#21: Almost Alice, p. 188): faculty member at high school; survived an avalanche Soams, Bert (#18: Alice on Her Way): co-instructor of Our Whole Lives classes at church; married; has been teaching course for about seven years with Gayle (p. 74) Sorringer, Jim (#8: Alice the Brave): assistant principal of As jr. high starting in 8th grade; younger than Ben, taller, better build, but lanky; heavy eyelids, thick brows, craggy, not especially good-looking; large hands; friendly, talks to all the students; originally a math teacher at the jr. high, left to get his Ph.D. (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 2) in administration in California, during
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    which time, Sylvia met Ben; he and Sylvia were dating before he left; upon his return, despite their agreement, he doesnt want her dating anyone else (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 57); he returns a diamond to a jewelry store after Valentines Day of As 8th-grade year, presumably after Sylvia rejects his proposal (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 78); has an 81-year-old mother when A is in 8th grade (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 120); doesnt write letters, which thrills A, since she knows how good her dad is at it (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 121); goes to Chester over As 9th-grade holidays (#14: Alice Alone, p. 229); bass player (though not that good and not that reliable) in a band with Bill Rodriquez (#17: Including Alice, pp. 3233); smokes (#17: Including Alice, p. 82); reappears in book #19: Alice in the Know, when he subs in Sylvias doubles match one August afternoon, then drives her home (p. 142); seemingly happily engaged to the new gym teacher at school (p. 144); but ends up returning to California and marrying the woman he met there (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 354) Stedman, Mr. (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 19): physics teacher; good-looking Summers, Miss Sylvia (#4: Reluctantly Alice): See Section II (The McKinley Nuclear Family), no. 5, above for details about Bens (future) second wife / Alice & Less stepmother; see also Bens Romance Dept. section for particulars about their relationship Alices 7th-grade English/Language Arts teacher Superintendent (presumably of Montgomery County Public Schools): an unnamed male (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 230) Swick, Mrs. (#1c: Lovingly Alice): Alices 5th-grade teacher; kids call her Mrs. Stick; young, tall, straight, very thin; Alice thinks she seems sad (p. 37); never laughs until late in the year, when dimples are then revealed, as is the news that she and her husband are expecting (pp. 20, 142143) Tawes, Mr. (#9: Alice in Lace): As 8th-grade English teacher; boring lectures; attends Sylvias wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 96) Tolliver, Mr. Bud (#21: Almost Alice, p. 188): faculty member at high school; plays the ukulele Weber, Mr. (#2: The Agony of Alice): One of the three 6th-grade teachers at As elementary school in Silver Spring; thick glasses, looks like a teddy bear; nice; always takes his class on overnight campout last week of school (p. 25) (Chesapeake Bay that year); plays guitar; Halloween costume: vampire; has a sailboat Whipple, Mrs. (#7: Alice In-Between): one of As 7th-grade teachers; attends Sylvias wedding (#17: Including Alice, p. 96) Willis, Mrs. (#12: A on the Outside): As 8th-grade social studies teacher and homeroom teacher; Mexican, married to an Irishman or Scotsman Worrell (#15: Simply Alice): As 9th-grade English teacher, 2nd semester 5. Melody Inn Staff Jenkins, Loretta (#1a: Starting with Alice): clerk who runs the Gift Shoppe (on Saturdays in book #1a: Starting with Alice; all the time by book #2: The Agony of Alice); big frizzy hair, like a sunburst; always wears a T-shirt over her outfit; not too bright; chews gum; likes to go to the beach (Ocean City in summer) and to the mountains (skiing in winter), a gypsy at heart (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 45); Alice likes her better than she likes Janice; vegetarian; a year or so younger than Les (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 43; #7: Alice In-Between, p. 15); outspoken; warm and open, great smile, nice laugh, good w/customers; lots of food allergies when young; likes Lester (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 124; #5: All But Alice, chap. 3), makes a straightforward play for him in book #5: All But Alice (p. 124); just a few months later, on Labor Day before As 8th grade, announces her engagement (#8: Alice the Brave, p. 115) to a bartender (cute, a little crazy) she met at a club, shes pregnant; gets married in civil
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    ceremony a few weeks before book #9: Alice in Lace starts, married name James; bad morning sickness; gives two weeks notice in Sept. 1993 (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 6062); living with her in-laws; for her wedding gift, Janice gets her wind chimes of baby angels, white shells, and gold harps, and Dad gives her a bonus weeks pay; visits the Melody Inn in book #19: Alice in the Know; had a baby girl, whos over three now, still married, in their own apt., husband has decent job, shes in night school (p. 220); comes to Less 24th b-day party; shes a little slimmer now, wants another baby (p. 247) Rawley, Marilyn (#2: The Agony of Alice) (see Lesters Women below for personal details): Takes over as manager of Gift Shoppe when Loretta quits (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 69, 78); highly qualified for job; mostly evening courses the semester she starts, so shop needs to work around only one morning and two afternoon shifts a week; works part-time/school parttime; by summer after As 8th-grade year, works 3 days a week after school, all day Saturday, more hours over the summer; asks to be Janices replacement as assistant manager in book #14: Alice Alone, for she drops out of college; 3-month trial period (pp. 9091); gets raise in June of As post-9th-grade summer (#15: Simply Alice, p. 215); works on Saturdays in As sophomore and junior years (#17: Including Alice, p. 28; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 149); takes a two-week vacation at start of August (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 223); calls Ben Mr. M. (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 175) Reilly, David (#17: Including Alice, p. 29; first learn his last name in #21: Almost Alice, p. 48): new part-time (#21, p. 48) employee at Melody Inn, Saturday is one of his work days; around 18 (20 by book #21, p. 48); very handsome, with dark hair and square jaw; good dresser; sings in a mens chorus, skis, has a computer, likes to Rollerblade; not dating anyone at the moment (p. 206), but just broke up with longtime girlfriend and thinking about becoming a priest (pp. 225226); very professional (p. 221); very nice, as shown in his treatment of Amy Sheldon; going home to New Hampshire for the holidays in As jr. year to talk things over with his parents and his girlfriend, Connie, whom hes reconciled withtry to decide if he loves the church or her more (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 151); is still undecided upon his return: his parents will support any decision, the clergy advise him to finish college first and get clear about his goals, but his girlfriend has given him a summer deadline to decide; lives in D.C. (#21: Almost Alice, p. 193); taking classes at Georgetown (#21, p. 50); thinking of returning home for Easter; likes to hike, swim, canoe, go camping with Connie there; they also have in common old movies, classical music, Dylan, poetry, sailing, crosswords, the church, but he seems to be leaning toward the priesthood over marriage (#21, pp. 107, 108); he breaks up with Connie that spring while theyre camping, she takes it hard (#21, p. 191); attends the first Saturday performance of Guys and Dolls with the girls (p. 194); was in plays himself in the past, the male singing lead in Rose Marie in high school and in The Mikado in community theater (p. 195); Alice notes what a good conversationalist he is, taking cues from his company, and how he looks people straight in the eye when talking to them, making you feel like the most important person in the world (#21, pp. 199200); resigns his position in the middle of August of As pre-12th-grade summer to return to college full-time and then enter the seminary (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 139); Melody Inn has an early good-bye party for him on Monday, August 3, before Marilyn leaves on vacation; Ben gifts him with a book of solos for baritones; will be joining the choir at Georgetown (#22, pp. 223224); e-mails Alice from New Hampshire at end of August (#22, p. 267) Sherman, Janice (#1a: Starting with Alice): stores best clerk, works in sheet music section; assistant manager by book #3: Alice in Rapture; Bens longest-time employee; lives in Olney (book #1a: Starting with Alice, pp. 3031(*other books give different town); with no relatives in MD (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 41); has a cat; plays the flute; avg. height and weight, brown hair, brown eyes, somewhat pretty; wears glasses on a chain; dresses conservatively;
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    quiet, methodical; never been married (#9: Alice in Lace); goes out to eat for Thanksgiving w/the McKinleys when A is in 6th grade (#2: The Agony of Alice, p. 69); likes Dad (#4: Reluctantly Alice, pp. 17, 18), they sometimes go to concerts together (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 93), but he isnt aware until book #4: Reluctantly Alice (p. 31) when Alice tells him, and the feeling isnt mutual; has a beach house in Ocean City named Surf and Spray Hideaway (living room w/wicker furniture, kitchen in back, 3 bedrooms (one with 2 sets of bunk beds) and 1 bath upstairs, 1st- and 2nd-floor porches w/rocking chairs); gives up on Dad and starts dating an oboe (*trombone in book #9: Alice in Lace) instructor, Woody, in book #5: All But Alice (p. 121; #6: Alice in April, p. 79), but they break up right before Dads birthday (#6: Alice in April, 133); has a hysterectomy in August 1993, Dad and Alice visit, bringing flowers and her favorite candy: chocolate turtles (#8: Alice the Brave, pp. 8789); has her eye on Dad again after breakup w/Woody; comes over with potato soup the night Ben falls off the ladder only to discover Sylvia there (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 110); used to be a hobo at Halloween (#10: Outrageously Alice); Masterpiece Theatre fan; spends Thanksgiving w/McKinleys in 1993; Thursday night before As coed sleepover, shows up at the house and gives her notice for the end of Sept. after 6 yrs. of working for him, upset that she had to hear about Bens engagement from Marilyn, declares her love for him and kisses him (#14: Alice Alone, pp. 4043); chance to be a manager of Melody Inn in Toledo makes her leave earlier than expected (#14: Alice Alone, p. 84); employees all buy her a red jacket as going-away present (p. 85); Alice says she never really liked Janice much (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 100) Small, Martin (#16: Patiently Alice): instructor at Melody Inn (#17: Including Alice, p. 41) and also a good friend of Bens; in a classical music trio, the one set to play at Ben & Sylvias wedding; the trios pianist and also a composer (#17, p. 93) Yen, Kay (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 69): new full-time clerk at Melody Inn who took Davids place; taking a year or two off between undergrad (majored in chemistry; minored in music) and grad work; went to Georgetown, met her red-haired (#23, p. 272) boyfriend (a part-time waiter at the Hyatt) in her senior year, parents dont know shes seeing him, not allowed to date all through high school (#23, p. 213); a trained singer; gets along great with Marilyn, though theyre very different; 51, short black hair turned under at edges, black eyes, large round horn-rimmed glasses, tiny pearl earrings; only child; parents would like her to just marry and have children; born in China, came to U.S. when she was six; has gone back two times, both before she was 10 (#23, p. 210); joins the McKinleys for Alices 12th-grade Thanksgiving since her parents are back home visiting family, brings a salad (#23, p. 207); parents marriage was arranged (#23, p. 212); spends Xmas with her boyfriends family as her folks are still away; parents return to States in early January, bring her intended husband along with them, the son of old friends of theirs; she and her boyfriend broke up in December because of this pressure on her (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 16); drives a Toyota (#24, p. 45); she meets James later that month, at an awkward dinner at her parents (#24, p. 66); things remain awkward every time they see each other, with the pair not seeming at all interested in each other (pp. 116, 122); things remain that way while Kay casually dates Lester from Feb. to April, until they finally talk alone and make a connection and decide to try things on their own, without their parents interference (chap. 25); some dental problems in Aprilwisdom tooth extracted (#24, p. 220) 6. Lesters Women Tracy Freeman (#18: Alice on Her Way; introductory details on pp. 142147)
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    August birthday (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 154); her family throws her a party one day before it the year she and Les are together African American, with cinnamon-colored skin, heavy lids, only one cheek has dimple Figure like Sylvias, only fuller About Less height, for in heels, shes an inch taller and when dressed up, looks a little older than him (#18, p. 307) Smart, caring, funny, attractive, classy Grew up in D.C. Has a very large family, lots of relatives (67 to be exact), a bit reserved, very polite; Les has met about half eight months into their relationship, at an earlier b-day party for one of the aunts (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 25, 7981, 156) In the end, he understands that her family comes first, one of the reasons she doesnt end up to be the one (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 17) Special ed major at University of MD Likes to travel, theater, paints watercolors, great cook (but not a fan of buffet-style dining; #19: Alice in the Know, p. 24), not much into sports Didnt get her license until she was 18, no way shed have a car, so her dad drove her everywhere until college (#18, p. 147) Always has season tickets to Arena Stage Chicken with sausage over rice in as an old family recipe (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 24) Fan of trout (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 61) Les likes her in bright colors (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 96)

    History with Lester o Meets Les in a stats course in As sophomore yeararound Januarythey date for a few weeks before he tells his family about her (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 142) o Alice, Dad, and Sylvia meet her for the first time 3rd Sunday in March, when he brings her for dinner, and they all like her right off (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 144 148) o By August, he tells his family he intends to propose (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 79); but when he does so the night of her birthday a few weeks latera Sundayshe politely declines, which ends the relationship; it seems her family (particularly her father and grandmother) didnt wholly approve, but Dad suspects her feelings for Les werent strong enough as well (#19, chap. 11) Crystal Harkins (#2: The Agony of Alice) ! Good looking, short reddish hair, smooth pale skin, ample bosom (approx. D cup; #18: Alice on Her Way, p. 308) and hips but narrow waist; by end of As 10th-grade year, her red hair is almost shoulder length (#18, p. 308) ! Taller than Marilyn, a little heavier ! Wears Obsession perfume ! Plays the clarinet, likes classical music ! Parents house has a pool in backyard ! Marries Peter Carey the day after Thanksgiving: aunt sewed bridesmaids dresses; has lingerie-themed shower in late Oct.; invites Ben to the wedding but not Les; Ben gives them Melody Inn gift certificate for wedding gift; rehearsal dinner (buffet style at restaurant) night before Thanksgiving; bridesmaids in jade green, groomsmen in tuxedos; reception at hotel (all in #10: Outrageously Alice)
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    History with Lester o Lesters 2nd girlfriend in Silver Spring when hes 19, hes seeing her by the time Alice comes back from spring vacation (#2: The Agony of Alice, #3: Alice in Rapture) o Dad finds out Lester had Crystal in his (Dads) bedroom while Dad and Alice were in Ocean City (#3: Alice in Rapture, p. 118) o Throughout book #4: Reluctantly Alice, he dates both Crystal and Marilyn until they both find out he planned to spend the holidays with both of them (p. 181) o For Valentines Day in book #5: All But Alice (p. 82), she sends him huge bunch of balloons, right after he and Marilyn got back together; Alice tells her what happened to them, which is how she learns hes seeing Marilyn again (p. 98); Less response is to send her a single red rose o Lester still hasnt quite given her up by end of book #5: All But Alice, and he doesnt date her in book #6: Alice in April, though hes still interested and she does attend Dads b-day party o They hook back up in book #7: Alice In-Between, after he helps her escape Steve (pp. 22, 51), but doesnt see her for several months that summer (#8: Alice the Brave, pp. 97, 103) and shes mad at him o At start of book #9: Alice in Lace, Les still hasnt decided between her and Marilyn, but when he spends his b-day w/Marilyn, Crystal breaks up with him by returning to him all their mementos in the form of a b-day present: torn photo, one of his shirts, half a bottle of perfume, book of poems, radio, toy yacht, glass zebra, leathers gloves, earrings, Swatch watch, camera, dried rose, sweater (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 37, 4849) o Les calls her for a month afterward and predicts hell be dating her again shortly, but when she shows up at the house, its to announce to Alice her engagement to Peter Carey (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 127129) o He shows up at the wedding, but not long enough to be spotted by anyone but Alice (#10: Outrageously Alice, p. 128) o She calls at end of book #11: Achingly Aliceevidently not too happy w/Peterbut Lester steers clear and advises her to concentrate on her marriage (p. 118) o Despite Less resolve throughout book #12 (A on the Outside) to avoid Crystal if she calls, so he can stay out of her marital troubles, she comes over one Saturday night in April or early May, confessing her doubts and her lingering feelings for Les, but he stands firm about not getting involved and calls Peter to come get her (they live across town); it doesnt hurt that Alice hints Les is gay to ease Crystals pain (pp. 118122) o The next time we see her, at Marilyns reception in book #18 (Alice on Her Way), she still seems more focused on Les than her own family (pp. 308309) o In retrospect, he especially liked how physical she was (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 17) o Book #22: Intensely Alice: At start of August, while Les in on his bike trip, she mails him a Personal envelope (p. 225); turns out its the second one she sent, so Les has Alice mark it Return to Sender and mail it back (p. 233); after she and Alice chat on the phone, though, she seems to get the picture, to understand that she shouldnt reach out to Lester anymore (p. 237) Marilyn Rawley Roberts
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    (#2: The Agony of Alice): ! Same age as Lester ! Long straight brown hair (cuts it shoulder-length, curls ends under when she becomes asst. mgr. in book #14: Alice Alone, p. 146) (still shoulder-length in #23: Alice in Charge, p. 70), brown eyes, pink-tinted glasses, pretty, small/short, slender; wears dangly gypsytype earrings (#23, p. 70) ! Nice ! Voice like wind chimes ! Good cook ! Plays the guitar (classical & folk) and sings ! Earthy, natural, 60s flower child type ! Has a local sister ! Works for As dad by running the Gift Shoppe by book #9: Alice in Lace, pp. 69, 78 ! Attends Univ. of MD part-time, in one class w/Lester in fall 1993; emphasis on music, but general course of study (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Future plans: music therapist in nursing homes, psychiatric wards, etc.; doesnt think she wants to teach, not real good w/lots of people at once (#9: Alice in Lace) ! Alice likes her just a wee bit more than she likes Crystal; the girlfriend Alice most wanted Les to marry (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 194) ! Calls A Alice Green Eyes (#9: Alice in Lace, p. 144-145) ! Used to be a gypsy for Halloween (#10: Outrageously Alice) ! Memorized The Raven in school (#11: Achingly Alice) ! Not too motivated in college; drops out in fall of 1994 (#14: Alice Alone) ! Wears more formal clothes when she becomes asst. mgr. of Melody Inn ! Starts dating Jack Roberts, a guitarist (and folksinger; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 149) by book #15: Simply Alice (pp. 157158) ! Engaged to Jack by July/August of As pre-sophomore year; she knows hes the one; ring is a small oval diamond set in white gold (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 194); the two come to Bens wedding, where Alice doesnt see any sparks between her and Les anymore and figures they werent meant to be (#17: Including Alice, p. 102) ! Wedding is set for June (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 29): small, informal ceremony under a sycamore in a meadow, outdoors at a nature center near Seven Locks Road in Bethesda, where they like to hike; no printed invitations; a beautiful Saturday; all the McKinleys go: Dad (in suit and tie), Sylvia (dress and heels), Alice (in dress she wore for Dads wedding, with small-heeled beige pumps; Liz comes with her), with Les (in suit he wore for Dads wedding) bringing Tracy (in black and white dress); informal reception afterward at the couples house; wedding details in chap. 24 and start of chap. 25) ! Marilyn and Jack are renting a 2-bedroom Cape Cod on a dark, winding road off Route 28 in Rockville, set back from the street, old trees around (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 45); large backyard (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 300, 309); still there in As senior year (#24, p. 45); though house is small, large old-fashioned kitchen with a rocking chair, braided rug, big round table (#24, p. 121) ! Very happy; for their first Christmas, shes buying him a really good guitar with her discount at the Melody Inn (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 149) ! About the same size as Alice, for she loans her the dress she wears to Patricks prom, which a rich friend loaned her to attend a charity ball (#21: Almost Alice, p. 101) ! Pregnancy:

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    o Pregnant by summer of As pre-12th-grade year; hopes to keep working full-time after three-month maternity leave, at which point her mother and Jack will provide daycare (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 223) o Shes showing by October (#23: Alice in Charge), due end of February (February 17th by book #24: Incredibly Alice, p. 12); they want sex to be a surprise (#23, p. 67) o Baby shower is held in January, at her house since shes having back trouble (#24, p. 43); attendees attach a photo of themselves as babies to their attire; Jack arrives after a while, sings an original song to his wife as her gift (#24, p. 50) o Summer Hope born on Friday night, February 18, 2010, long labor (#24, p. 107) If shed gone to college, would have liked Berkeley or USC or Seattle or little college in Maine (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 68) She and Jack perform together on guitar, compose songs together (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 43) They have a cat (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 121) Have multiple children by time Alice gets married (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 265)

    History with Lester o Lesters first girlfriend in Silver Spring o Breaks up with him Thanksgiving weekend in book #2: The Agony of Alice, p. 72 o Writes to him from Bethesda the 1st week in Sept. the next year, wanting to get back together; he goes to see her and they get back together, though Crystal doesnt know yet (#3: Alice in Rapture, pp. 154160) o He cant choose between her or Crystal throughout book #4: Reluctantly Alice, and so temporarily has neither of them as of X-mas of As 7th-grade year, though he loves Marilyn more o After not seeing him at all since Christmas, she shows up at the house one night (#5: All But Alice, p. 60) and they decide to be just friends (p. 64), but it quickly turns back into love (p. 80); he gives her the same bunch of balloons Crystal sent him for V Day (p. 93) and then fesses up (p. 95) o By book #6: Alice in April, he isnt seeing either her or Crystal, though she attends Dads b-day party, because he hasnt made up his mind and they both lose patience o By end of book #7: Alice In-Between (p. 143), theyre on good terms again o At start of book #9: Alice in Lace, Les still hasnt decided between her and Crystal, but Crystal dumps him on his b-day, which he spends with Marilyn o They go to *Octoberfest (s/b Oktoberfest) in Penn. on a Sunday (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 124, 126) o Date throughout book #10: Outrageously Alice o Spend lots of time together in book #11: Achingly Alice: holidays, all special events, go to club in Bethesda w/friends on Valentines Day o They break up in March of 1994 (Less sr. year; As 8th grade) after 2.5 years of onagain/off-again, getting too serious to not go forward and Lester doesnt want to hurt her by being committed too early in life; although it was a mutual agreement, shes heartbroken (#12: A on the Outside, pp. 4043) o When she comes to the house in August to teach A how to use computer (#13: Grooming of Alice, p. 199), they become friends again (p. 209) o #14: Alice Alone: Marilyn still isnt over Lester (p. 148) and he misses her some but knows hes too busy now to have a serious relationship (p. 133), but they remain on friendly terms
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    o Doesnt seem as sad about Les by book #15: Simply Alice; dating Jack by then o From their relationship, Les learned that he wants a sensitive woman (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 17) Stacy Houghton McKinley (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything): ! Five years younger than Les ! Meet when both are working at Basswood Center, in her last year at the university in Morgantown earning a degree in phys ed; shes swim teacher (Olympic-size pool) on weekends there (later exercise classes too), previous state swimming champ (p. 31) ! Contemplating getting her masters (p. 51) ! Family first meets her Thanksgiving of Alices freshman year of college ! Alice thinks shes the one from the start (p. 44) ! 1 or 2 inches taller than Alice (p. 30) ! Attractive, short semi-curly brown hair, button note, stylish glasses, delicately shaped lips, very little makeup if any, round thighs, very energetic, with quick movements (p. 30), impish ! Cooks ! Family lives in Arlington (family = two married parents, one brother) ! Personality opposite of Les: intense to his laid-backness, precise to his carelessness (p. 31) ! Scuba diving trip in spring of As freshman year (p. 44) ! They get engaged in May of Alices freshman year (p. 50) ! Joint bachelor/bachelorette get-togethers; housewarming party in lieu of bridal shower (pp. 130131) ! Married over Thanksgiving weekend of her junior year, at church on Cedar Lane; Friday night rehearsal dinner, Saturday evening wedding (p. 131); Alice in charge of guest book, picks her own periwinkle dress (p. 135); gets 3 extra invites for Pam, Liz, and Gwen, who sing funny version of The Man I Love to Les at reception (at hotel in Bethesda) now that hes taken (wedding details in chap. 8) ! Since Alice is 20 here, Les gets married a few months after turning 28 ! Honeymoon in Costa Rica: snorkeling, rock climbing, zip lines, caves, jungles, and sandy beaches in the moonlight (p. 145) ! When Alice is in grad school, Les & Stacy are renting a townhouse in a small community a mile from work; little yard that they can tend to (p. 249)very modern furnishings that Alice likes, IKEA-like; Stacys budget-conscious; has guest room and daybed in little home office off the living room (p. 250) ! After move to Virginia, Stacy teaches phys ed at nearby high school (p. 412) ! After trying for many years to have children, Stacy finally gets pregnant at 41 years old (Les 46) with tripletsthey announce the news to the family over Fathers Day (the first June the Longs are back from Barcelona) (p. 414); babies born in January, when Les is 47 (p. 416) ! Living in Fairfax, VA, by time triplets are 10, in house at bottom of a gentle hill (p. 486) Miscellaneous Others Claire (#20: Dangerously Alice, pp. 205, 209, 272274): new girl Les starts dating at start of December of As 11th-grade year; straight long brown hair with bangs, blue eyes, medium height and weight, a bit top-heavy; aerobics instructor at his gym, which is
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    where they met, and a part-time student; the relationship seems far more physical than emotional at the start; has a sister, with whom she spends X-mas; lives in a four-story brick apt. bldg. in D.C., #302; he gets her a white-fur-trimmed red bikini for X-mas; relationship already over by early January when she proves too high-maintenance, too much of a partier (#21: Almost Alice, p. 8) Joy (#6: Alice in April): Less date for Dads 50th b-day party; in same aerobics class as Loretta; dumb; dated Les a bit along the way Kingsberry, Gloria (#1a: Starting with Alice): a girl whom Lester once kissed playing spin the bottle Larson, Mickey (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): girl who likes Lester in his junior year of high school and always calls the house (p. 11); has a car; red hair; still likes him and still calls a lot in his senior year (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 11); laughs a lot (#1c, p. 21); giggles whenever she finds out something personal about him (#1c, p. 76); brings a guy from another school to senior prom (#1c, p. 156) Lauren (#15: Simply Alice): one of Less adjunct philosophy professors; few years older than Les; start casually dating in 1st year of grad school, he starts falling for her later in year; 130 lbs., nicely stacked, intelligent, brown hair, small waist, broad hips, more handsome than pretty, same height as Lester; usually eats lunch in faculty dining room; Les introduces her to his family a Sunday in spring; graduated from Ohio State, originally from Tenn.; lives in off-campus garden apt., ground floor; on evening of As last day of 9th grade, she calls him and breaks it off (p. 190), upset over the flack shes been getting from her colleagues over dating not just a student, but her student; teaches courses that summer and Les taking a summer course, but his courses w/her are over (p. 194); has him arrested when she finds him in her apt. as hes returning her house key, dating physics professor by then (pp. 202207); in hindsight, Les sees her as fickle (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 17); gave him an extra-long creamy beige cashmere scarf as a gift that he likes and still has (#21: Almost Alice, p. 20) Maxine (Maxie) (#16: Patiently Alice): Lesters wild crush in 2nd grade; little, dark hair; kept her size 6 Buster Brown cotton undies with lace-trimmed legs when he was too shy and embarrassed to return them (chap. 17) Mecuri, Eva (#12: A on the Outside): the new girl Les is dating by April of As 8th-grade year; beautiful, tall, very slim, pale and creamy skin, dark almond-shaped eyes, black hair in bob cut, nicely arched eyebrows, heart-shaped mouth, heavily made-up; very glamorous and concerned w/appearances, artificial, snobby, demanding; cosmetics rep; at NY conference for 3 of the days during Less trip to Colorado; plays tennis; lives in an apartment; Les breaks up w/her in August before As 9th-grade year (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 195) Miller, Amy (#1a: Starting with Alice): Lesters girlfriend in Chicago Mullins, Caroline (#1a: Starting with Alice): a girl whom Lester once kissed playing spin the bottle Shane, Lisa (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): girl in Less history class in 11th grade; they work on a biography together (p. 16); he likes her; cheerleader; soccer player; she works at Borders; he gets in trouble for staying out too late on the night of Valentines Day when he drives her home from work and gives her a box of chocolates; father is a banker, mother a professor; she has a car; shes Less girlfriend by book #1c, in his senior year, though Alice thinks he likes her more than she likes him (Lovingly Alice, p. 11); she doesnt celebrate Christmas (#1c, p. 45); she and Les celebrate V Day early in his senior year, not on that evening, with him giving her a present (#1c, p. 74); shes his senior prom date (#1c, p. 86); very attractive (#1c, p. 156)
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    Stevens, Josephine (#5: All But Alice): Lesters 5th-grade girlfriend Yen, Kay (#24: Incredibly Alice): casually dates Kay in the 2nd semester of Alices senior year from February to April, until she shows up in the middle of the McKinleys Easter dinner on 4/24 to explain that she and James might just work out after all (for more details on Kay, see her listing under Melody Inn Staff) 7. Parents & Relatives of Friends/Peers Beachy, Marlene (#1a: Starting with Alice): Megans little sister; nosy, bratty; in May of her sisters 5th-grade year, has an operation to remove a kidney tumor (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 137); she recovers just fine Beachy, Mr. (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): Megans dad Beachy, Mrs. (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): Megans mom Brennan, Avis (#19: Alice in the Know): one of Mollys older sisters, lives in Calif.; visits her sick sister in August (p. 129) Brennan, Joan (#19: Alice in the Know): one of Mollys older sisters, lives in Oregon; visits her sick sister for the whole month of September (p. 129) Brennan, Mr. (#19: Alice in the Know): Mollys dad; five daughters; large, Irish-looking (p. 129) Brennan, Mrs. (#19: Alice in the Know): Mollys mom; five daughters; small and dark (pp. 68, 129) Bul Dau, Geri (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 58): Daniels older brother by 5 years; attending George Washington U on a scholarship; wants to be a lawyer and return to Sudan to help the peopleactually, has to return as part of the agreement (p. 210); just as thin as his brother with cheekbones equally prominent, but 4 inches taller and even darker skin (p. 207); moved to refugee camp from his village when he was 9 (so Daniel was only 4) (p. 212) Collier, Mr.: career officer in the navy who then retired and got rich working as a partner in his fathers real estate firm, Collier and Sons (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 196); it was his grandfather, though, who was loaded; wants a grandson to take over the business (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 63); they have a summer place at Hilton Head (#24, p. 163) Collier, Mrs.: Justins mother; supposedly hates Jill and calls her GDJGold Digger Jill (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 210) Evans, Bev (#1a: Starting with Alice): Saras mother; thin face like her daughter; delivered her youngest child at home in the middle of the night (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 141) Evans, Gayle (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of Saras sisters Evans, Melody (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of Saras sisters Evans, Stephanie (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of Saras sisters Evans, Mr. (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): Saras father; works for a company Jones, Mr. Bill (#4: Reluctantly Alice): Pamelas father; slim (#25: Alice on Board, p. 157), very tall, pockmarked face from early acne, but ruggedly handsome (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 163); mustache (#25, p. 157); jogs; subscribes to Playboy; hair thinning on top; two living parents; smokes (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 82); fears his daughter is turning into her mother (#13: The Grooming of Alice, pp. 78, 178); doesnt want her to move to Colorado; dating a nurse by winter of Pams 9th grade (#15: Simply Alice, p. 72), still doesnt want his wife back (#15: Simply Alice, p. 185); still seeing the nurse that summer (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 204), but its over by spring of sophomore year and Pam says he hasnt dated in a while (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 175); we learn his first name in book #16: Patiently Alice (p. 205); still livid with his wife when she returns to town in book #16: Patiently Alice, tries to throw her out of the house when she sneaks in to talk to Pam; prejudiced (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 149; #19: Alice in the Know, pp. 161, 182, 226); its back on with the nurse, Meredith, by July of prejunior-year summer, Pam suspects they might marry (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 71); drives a
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    minivan (#19, p. 160); takes the three girls to the beach, with Meredith, in late August, where they get engaged after 1.5 years dating, with two breakups along the way (#19, pp. 179, 183); still no wedding date by the following Dec., Pam thinks its because they get along better when they see each other only three times a week or so (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 263); works till six oclock (#21: Almost Alice, p. 82); by November of Pams sr. year, she thinks they havent set a date because theyre just waiting for her to go off to college so they can have the house to themselves, feels certain hes not carrying a torch for his ex (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 197); the following summer, she still thinks Meredith will move in once shes gone, and if they do ever marry, her mother will be the last to know (#25: Alice on Board, p. 132); he takes his fiance on Pams cruise the 2nd week of July, at a huge discount (#25, p. 147); room 218, lounge deck (#25, p. 156); marriage to Meredith going well when Pam is in her early 30s (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 343) Jones, Mrs. Sherry Conners (#2: The Agony of Alice; given first and maiden names in #25: Alice on Board, pp. 156, 161): Pamelas mother; petite/tiny, silky blond shoulder-length hair (#9: Alice in Lace); high, tinkly laugh (#25, p. 159); a nudist, along with her husband (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 82); takes a slimnastics class (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 59); separates from her husband in early Nov. 1993, shes the one to leave, she and her husband not speaking before she moves out to her own apt. (#10: Outrageously Alice, pp. 56, 57, 61, 96); new boyfriend: 4 years younger, sells NordicTrack, met at gym, Pamela hates him (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 36); after a fight with him she considers going back home but Mr. Jones doesnt want her back and they make up anyway (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 111); in Las Vegas w/boyfriend during Pams 8th-grade semi-formal (#12: A on the Outside, p. 154); shes been getting in shape (#13: The Grooming of Alice, p. 11); the two move to 1-bedroom apt. in Colorado, open a ski shop (#13: The Grooming of Alice, pp. 4, 178, 180); calls Pamela every Sunday afternoon (#14: Alice Alone, p. 67); by May of Ps freshman year, she left Nordic guy, moved in with another who left her, and shes written to her husband saying she wants to come back (#15: Simply Alice, p. 185); when she returns to town for a visit in late July/early August before Pams sophomore year, she looks older than Alice remembered her (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 205); moves back permanently and leases and 2-bedroom apt. in Wheaton (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 208), in multi-building Glenmont Apartments complex, 2nd floor, backs to woods (#18: Alice on Her Way, pp. 6465), which she decorates in 1950s art deco, with metal turquoise dinette set (#17: Including Alice, p. 200), mixed with Crate and Barrel, in taupe, white, peach (#18, p. 65); gets a job at Nordstrom; has been drinking of latein fact, Pam noticed it in Colorado (#17, pp. 120, 265); has a cell phone (#17, p. 191); dresses sexy (#17, p. 191), too young, in trendy clothes (#18, p. 64); buys Pam dress w/employee discount for dance, bribes her to come over for it (#18, p. 62); impulsive (#18, p. 175); chaperones on NYC trip, where Pam does her best to avoid her; Alice notices how fidgety/nervous she seems (#18, p. 214); on medication for anxiety attacks by Aprilgetting prescription filled is what delayed the buses departure from New York (#18, p. 236); seeing a therapist by May (#18, p. 286); still working at Nordstrom, in Montgomery Mall, in May of Pams jr. year, works Thursdays, in career wear dept. (#21: Almost Alice, pp. 245, 246); has a male gynecologist (#21, p. 259); favorite thing about her job is the clothes; Pam thinks shes had a few dates with a manager from another Nordstrom, has some friends (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 178); by fall of Pams senior year, shes hitting it off with this manager (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 197); but by June, the romance with George isnt as serious as shed hoped and Pam suspects shes drinking again after she took a fall at her apartment (#25: Alice on Board, p. 37); shows up on cruise 2nd week in JulyPam thinks she found out Dad would be there too from a friend of hers who works at same hospital as Meredith (#25, pp. 160, 162); in room 311 (Chesapeake deck) (#25, p. 167); crew gives her code name Flotsam for the
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    cruise (#25, p. 171); kicked off cruise Friday morning after Thursday nights incident; Monday after Pam gets home from summer job, she gets in a car accident that results in an overnight hospital stay (#25, p. 255), claims she nodded off and drove into a ditch, car gets impounded (p. 260); has been to AA before, Pam hopes to get her there again (p. 278); still in recovery, attends AA when Pam is ~30 (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 343) Long, Mr. (#3: Alice in Rapture): Patricks father; tall, red hair with gray at the sides; well off; foreign diplomat for State Dept.; belongs to a country club; drives a large silver car; seems to be considering retiring from the foreign service by spring semester of Patricks last year of high school (#21: Almost Alice, p. 204); has a brother who has a house on a lake in Wisconsin (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 106), where they move; in book #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, he starts aging prematurely due to early-onset Parkinsons (p. 374); likes Belgian waffles (p. 415); shortly after his wifes death, he moves in with Alice & Patrick in their family room outfitted for his care (p. 407), but is eventually transferred to a home when he needs more attention after falling and breaking a hip (p. 417); dies in his sleep, not unexpectedly, around 3 months after family returns from spring break in London (so at end of Patricias junior year of high school) (p. 457) Long, Mrs. Virginia (#3: Alice in Rapture; first name: #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 262): Patricks mother; beautiful, thin nose, great teeth, slim, elegant, charming; not the hugging type, and yet warm and kind; has a flower garden; ravishing redhead when young; drives a silver Oldsmobile (#21: Almost Alice, p. 112); has a Ph.D., used to be a college administrator (#21, p. 266); former member of Republican Womens Club, where she met Edith Stedmeister (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 262); in favor of Alice and Patricks marriage, flies in for wedding shower, attends her promotion party, where she gifts her with the bracelet Patrick tried to give her when they were 12 (p. 374); dies unexpectedly when an embolism develops after hip surgery, a few weeks before Patrick & family were due back from Barcelona (p. 405) Lynch, Mrs. (#21: Almost Alice, p. 21): Scotts mom Mayer, Martha (#18: Alice on Her Way): Sams mom; freelance photographer for several weeklies (p. 18); rather short and stout (p. 87); separated from Sams dad for a long time, but never divorced (p. 95); plays the role of very official and formal waitress for the pre-dance dinner she hosts for the kids (chap. 8); good cook; there are hints throughout book #18 that shes a little too involved in her sons personal life, per Jennifers and Alices experiences (p. 94) Mercer, Meredith (#19: Alice in the Know; gets last name in #25: Alice on Board, p. 161): Mr. Joness girlfriend, then fiance, first introduced by name on p. 93; direct/to the point; plain-, healthy-looking, long brown hair, no visible makeup, nice figure (p. 163); nurse at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, orthopedic ward (p. 181); works 3:00 to 11:00 p.m. shift, Pam thinks (p. 94); drives a green Honda (p. 160), with white crocheted cross hanging from rearview mirror, odds and ends in console (#25: Alice on Board, p. 257); Orioles fan (p. 170); small diamond engagement ring (p. 179); not much shorter than her very tall boyfriend (#25, p. 157) Osler, Mr. (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 217): Tonys dad; had dreams of him becoming a star athlete, has to settle for sports writer; was Big Man on Campus when young, encourages his son to be the same way; drives a Buick LaSabre Osler, Mrs. (#20, Dangerously Alice, p. 213): Doesnt appear in the book, only mentioned Price, Mr. Fred (#9: Alice in Lace): Elizabeths father; same dark hair as his daughter, only starting to bald in back by the time she graduates high school (#25: Alice on Board, p. 243) Price, Mrs. Janet (#2: The Agony of Alice; first name first given in #21: Almost Alice, p. 175): Elizabeths mom; slim, dark hair and eyes; very domestic: cooks, sews, knits; particular and neat, but its not her influence that has made Elizabeth so uptight; pregnant w/Nathan by
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    winter of Es 7th grade (#5: All But Alice, p. 56), baby expected end of next October (#6: Alice in April, p. 3), starts to show in April (#6: Alice in April, p. 85); still has morning sickness late in her pregnancy (#8: Alice the Brave, p. 9); 9th month of pregnancy by start of book #9: Alice in Lace (shes huge, p. 15); delivers the baby a week early by end of book #9: Alice in Lace (pp. 131139), Lester drove to hospital since Mr. Price was out buying mulch at Home Depot and left cell phone on counter; knew it was a boy from sonogram; drives the familys Oldsmobile (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 158); walks on eggshells with Liz once her daughter gets argumentative with her and her husband; has a cell phone (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 138) Price, Nathan Paul (Nate) (#9: Alice in Lace): Elizabeths baby brother, not particularly planned; born in mid-October 1993 (in Es 8th-grade year) at Holy Cross in about 3 1/4 hours (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 131139); black hair; colic in winter of 1994 (#11: Achingly Alice, p. 113); teething in May of 1994 (#12: A on the Outside, p. 159); he knows Pam and Alice, since they play with him when theyre over; toddling about at 16 months; calls Alice I-yah (#15: Simply Alice, p. 18); his favorite game is bear and bunny (#17: Including Alice, p. 187); loves to play a version of peekaboo w/Alice when she comes over (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 140); loses his first tooth when Liz is working aboard Seascape (#25: Alice on Board, p. 244); 10 years old on his sisters wedding day (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 246) Rodriquez, Bill/Billy (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of the members of Lesters combo; plays guitar; Rosalinds older brother; a year ahead of Lester in school, though same age (17 in book #1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 14); still playing music and hoping to go pro by book #17: Including Alice; in a band that plays around town on weekends; birthday is around October 10th (pp. 3132); comes to Less surprise 24th b-day party (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 249) Rodriquez, Mr. (#1a: Starting with Alice): Rosalinds dad; allergic to cats and dogs Rodriquez, Mrs. (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): Rosalinds stepmothershe and her stepdaughter look alike, both round, rather large (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 10); smiles a lot (#1b, p. 129) Sheavers, Harriet (#1a: Starting with Alice; first name first used in #1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 47): Donalds mother; next-door neighbor in Takoma Park; talks loudly and fast; plays the ukulele; separated from her husband, who now lives in Denver, ever since Donald was little (#1a, pp. 10, 14ff.; #1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 24, 48); divorced by book #1b (p. 20); seems to have a crush on Dad (#1a: Starting with Alice, p. 153), evident by book #1b; reddish hair (#1b, p. 22), still interested in him the following fall (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 24); works part-time at hair salon (#1c, p. 5) Sheldon, Mrs.: Amys mother; drives a silver Volvo (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 228) Shoates, Marsha (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 223): Jennifers mother; short, stocky; comes to class to complain about her daughters assignment; when the decision doesnt go her way, she threatens to pull her daughter out of the public school system and homeschool her Stedmeister, Mr. Ed (#8: Alice the Brave; first name: #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 261): Marks dad; short, pudgy, and dumpy (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 231); he and his wife are older than most of the other parents (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 2); loves fireworks (#22, p. 53), 27-year wedding anniversary on July 4th before 12th grade (#22, p. 53); used to work on cars with Mark in driveway (#26, p. 264) Stedmeister, Mrs. Edith (#8: Alice the Brave; first name: #26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 262): Marks mom; tall, thin, angular face, short salt-and-pepper hair (almost all white by #26, p. 230); both she and her husband seem happy to have the gang use their home as a hangout they dont usually make appearances to check up on things, but in August, she has to lay down the law: no pot or booze at their house (#19: Alice in the Know, pp. 150151); generous (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 51), shy, soft voice (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p.
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    263); friends with Mrs. Long even before they knew they had boys the same age, met at Republican Womens Club (#26, p. 262); throws Alices wedding shower, old-fashioned Verona, Mrs. (#15: Simply Alice): Charlenes mother; thin redhead; used to be in college plays; stage mother Wheeler, Bill (#21: Almost Alice, p. 156): one of Gwens two older brothers (younger than Les); attends college near home, since he still lives there; has his own car (#21, p. 232); girlfriend named Deena (#21, p. 163); mentioned earlier in series, but first gets a name in Almost Alice Wheeler, Granny: Has her own little apartment at the back of the Wheeler house (#21: Almost Alice, p. 156); wears glasses (#21, p. 157); for further details, see Gwens Family Life section above Wheeler, Jerome (Jerry) (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 114): the other of Gwens two older brothers (younger than Les); drives a two-seater sports car; also attends college near home, still lives there Wheeler, Mr. (#16: Patiently Alice): Gwens dad; strict and protective: wants her to call home every weekend from camp (#16, p. 22); tall; computer software designer (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 228); would prefer his daughter to date within her own race (#21: Almost Alice, p. 159); heavy sleeper (#21, p. 162) Wheeler, Mrs. (#16: Patiently Alice): Gwens mother; short, like her daughter, hair in a well-shaped Afro; lawyer for the Justice Dept. (#16, p. 22), works long hours, sometimes on Sat. too (#21: Almost Alice, p. 157); dimples; wears tailored suits to work, jeans and T-shirts at home (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 225) 8. Miscellaneous Abe (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 100): Patricks summer school roommate; large, dark hair, thick eyebrows; suffers from migraines after exams, last for a day or two Adam (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 104): friend of Patricks at college; met in his sociology class that first summer; also a freshman Albert (#13: The Grooming of Alice): Gwens Uncle Ugly or Uggie but so much fun; gets a new car, reckless driver (#21: Almost Alice, p. 157) Amanda (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 225): girl Patrick fell for in Barcelona Ann (#19: Alice in the Know): four-year Hechts employee (in evening wear) who befriends Alice on her first day; pretty, blond, in her 20s; prejudiced (p. 11) Anne (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 72): Carols maid of honor; funny Anselmino, Mr. (#25: Alice on Board, p. 58): nice, funny, neat passenger aboard Seascape Anselmino, Mrs. (#25: Alice on Board, p. 58): wife of one of the couples Alice cleans for aboard Seascape; short, round, dark curls encircle her face Antony (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 269): friend of Pams from theater arts school, who later works at and gets them into the Source nightclub in D.C. the night of Alices bridal shower Ape (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of the members of Lesters combo Becky (#17: Including Alice): the five-year-old child to whom Alice donates a Christmas presenta stuffed monkey that reminds her of her ownafter choosing her letter from the banks needy-child tree (p. 246) Becky (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 72): one of Carols bridesmaids; spontaneous Bennett, Father (#21: Almost Alice, p. 106): Davids priest back home in New Hampshire Benton, Mrs. (#3: Alice in Rapture): lives on the next block; hires A to baby-sit her 3-year-old son, Jimmy, on Tues. & Thurs. afternoons Bernie (#1a: Starting with Alice): Donalds uncle; plays the trumpet
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    Bernie (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 420): one of Tylers friends when hes 12 Beth (#20: Dangerously Alice): friend of Sylvias, fellow teacher at her school; Annabelles original owner; has several back surgeries, so cant keep the cat (p. 45) Betsy (#3: Alice in Rapture): Elizabeths aunt Beverly, R. B. (#6: Alice in April): internist in Silver Spring who gives A her first real checkup; wife and two daughters, aged 9 and 11 (when Alice is 12), both into soccer; very nice; family doctor by book #10: Outrageously Alice; performs As annual summer checkup in book #16: Patiently Alice Bill (#18: Alice on Her Way): guy from Brooklyn whos the first contestant in the underwear party at the club in New York (p. 207 Bill (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 213): one of Keenos schoolmates Blake (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 68): clarinet player in Jareds band Blake, Ron (The Corporal) (#15: Simply Alice): Faiths boyfriend, very possessive; sends her roses on Valentines Day; still possessive and abusive in book #18 (Alice on Her Way), tests her at Jack of Hearts dance (p. 124); Alice thinks hes out of school, works in the mornings; couldnt get the money to accompany Faith on the school trip (#18, p. 177); he thinks Faith likes Harry (#18, p. 178); drives a Toyota (#18, p. 242); arrested on assault charges after injuring her (#18, p. 246); as a result, hes fined, has to pay her dental expenses, and attends an anger management course (#18, p. 263) Bob (#13: The Grooming of Alice): Pamelas cousin Bolden, Doris (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 49): Pamelas fellow cabin counselor at Camp Overlook; African American, skin the color of nutmeg; has a bed-wetter in her group; plans to remain a virgin until marriage; her condom-throwing wish is to get through geometry next year; well liked by the girls; on probation after the incident with Virginia Bowers, Stephanie (Steph) (#25: Alice on Board, p. 20): cruise director; fired as assistant cruise director from a Dutch line in Jacksonville several years earlier for having an affair with a customer; late 30s or 40, gorgeous, shoulder-length brown hair with golden streaks, shapely legs, high cheekbones, and expressive eyes, but facial skin looks older; rumored to have broken up three marriages: her own, a deckhands, and the aforementioned passengers; Alice grows to respect her because she deals with things well Boyce, Andrea (Andy) (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 17): late 20s, her very deep (but sultry) voice made Les think she was a man at first, purple streak in long copper hair, red-framed glasses, wide face; his and Pauls new roommate; comes to look at the apt. on Sunday, January 9, moved in by Tuesday, January 11; worked in a nursing home one summer, so doesnt have a problem helping Mr. Watts; pretty assertiveannounces more than asks; frugal, reclusive, pushy; claims shes a grad student and a tutor, but seems like shes turning tricks in the apartmentturns out shes just a ghostwriter for university students; moves out without a word on the morning of May 22 after Les tried to talk to her about it the night before Bud (#13: The Grooming of Alice): one of Lesters friends Burns, Mr. (#25: Alice on Board, p. 263): from the Basswood Conference Center; Less hopeful new employer Butler, Emma (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 389): Nicoles mother and co-chair of the Tell the Truth movement; also has a younger son Butler, Nicole (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 384): one of the students Alice counsels with whom she doesnt succeed Camfield, Sergeant (#19: Alice in the Know): the Montgomery County police officer who trains employees at Hechts on shoplifting; sturdy brunette, plucked eyebrows (p. 72) Carey, Danny (#10: Outrageously Alice): Peters younger brother, 4 years older than Alice, her escort partner in the wedding; picks her up for rehearsal dinner; handsome; senior in high
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    school in NJ, applied to 7 colleges, wants to go into engineering; drinks too much beer at the reception Carey, Jeremy (#18: Alice on Her Way): Crystal and Peters son; about 18 months old in June of As sophomore year (p. 308) Carey, Mr. (#10: Outrageously Alice): Peters father; drives Alice home after wedding rehearsal Carey, Mrs. (#10: Outrageously Alice): Peters mother Carey, Peter (#9: Alice in Lace): Crystals husband; went to high school together, then his family moved away; he returned to town 6 weeks before they got engaged, were in the same choral group, had a whirlwind romance, and then he proposed; nice; has a younger brother Carlo (#25: Alice on Board, p. 80): chef aboard the Seascape Carpenter, Douglas (Doug) (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 60): creepy man who sits next to Alice on the United flight to OHare; middle-aged, balding, little chunky; flies a lot Charlie (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 73): Annes neighbor, an ex-Marine, drives an SUV; the ladies hire him to be their designated driver for the bachelorette party; large, good-natured Charlie (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 236): Gwens husband (for details, see her Love Life section above) Charmaine (#14: Alice Alone): one of the 3 female offenders (shoplifting) who has Thanksgiving w/McKinleys; all 3 looking for work, CCFO got them jobs in warehouse for now; African American, blue jersey dress; most motherly of the 3 Cheryl (#19: Alice in the Know): Dr. Wileys receptionist (p. 49) Christopher (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 85): the down-and-out guy at Eugenes Saturday Market that Alice and Abby both give some money to so he can get home to Seattle only when he shows up later still in town, they learn he was just conning them; shows up rafting on river at end of their stay too Collier, Mrs. (#25: Alice on Board, p. 59): passenger aboard Seascape on Chesapeake deck who accuses Alice of stealing her watch; married to Gordon; cold gray eyes, thin brunette Connie (#19: Alice in the Know): friend of Sylvias with whom she plays tennis (p. 144) Connie (#21: Almost Alice, p. 49): David Reillys girlfriend back in New Hampshire; pretty; an inch taller than him, probably smarter; she and David broke up once already, now shes pushing him to make a decision about entering the priesthood Crawley, Ed (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 53): foreman at Alices summer temp job as flag girl on highway in Gaithersburg Danny (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 147): one of the student volunteers at People Care; Jewish Deena (#21: Almost Alice, p. 163): Bill Wheelers girlfriend Dennis (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 154): one of the People Care soup kitchens customers Dianne (#10: Outrageously Alice): winner of sensuality quiz at Crystals shower, with 140 points Dianne (#25: Alice on Board, p. 8): Quintons wife; both purser and housemother aboard Seascape; short, with curly hair and a bouncy step; from Maine Donovan, Bill (#7: Alice In-Between): 37-year-old on the train to Chicago who hits on Pamela; sells uniforms and sports equipment to schools Dooley, Elijah David (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): Mr. Dooleys newborn son, first child; 7 lbs., 10 oz., brown hair, blue eyes; Alice gets to burp him in the library after school the day before 4th grade lets out Dooley, Mrs. (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): Mr. Dooleys wife; small woman; blue eyes Dorothy (#25: Alice on Board, p. 260): a friend of Pams mom Ed (#19: Alice in the Know): friend of Sylvias, Julies doubles tennis partner (p. 144) Eddie (#2: The Agony of Alice): cheerful porter on the train; black; four kids, oldest As age Eddie (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 172): a People Care regular Eddy, Mr. (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 469): father of one of Tylers high school friends
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    Edwards, Mrs. (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 96): nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood in OR Eggers, Gerald (G. E,) (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 50): one of the six male asst. counselors at Camp Overlook; 15 years old; shaped like a lightbulb; very nice voice; wants to work with kids: pediatrician or teacher; likes Alice; not lucky with girls; sings bass in madrigals at school; tells her in a postcamp e-mail that he plans to audition to be a reader for Books for the Blind and possibly major in broadcast journalism Eggleston, Mrs. (#3: Alice in Rapture): next-door neighbor in Silver Spring; has a poodle; takes care of Alice one day out of the blue when she gets very sick (pp. 149151) Elaine (#1c: Lovingly Alice, p. 22): Dads date to the symphony; nice, average build, divorced, has kids in school (p. 23); doesnt believe in candy (#1c, p. 22); their relationship doesnt go any further than the night of Christmas, when Bens gift to her evidently disappoints her expensive taste (p. 49) Emily(#25: Alice on Board, p. 5): cabinmate aboard Seascape; tall (about 6 inches taller than Alice), with freckles all over face and body; worked for Quinton before a couple years ago, so not a novice crew member; worked in a craft store; divorced parents Emma (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 443): one of Patricias friends when shes in high school Estelle (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 25): one of Alices charges at Camp Overlook; Latino; troublemaker; long black hair; says prayers at night; gets attached to Gwen; picked up by her sister Estelle (#19: Alice in the Know): Hechts employee in womens dept. (p. 9) Ethan (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 386): Nicole Butlers boyfriend Everett, Brin (#17: Including Alice): Mr. Everetts wife; couldnt come to Sylvias wedding because their three-year-old daughter had a fever (p. 101) Flavian (#25: Alice on Board, p. 18): fellow crew member aboard Seascape; talkative, dark good looks, olive skin, light stubble Fran (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 104): friend of Patricks at college; met in his sociology class that first summer; calls him Pat; blue eyes; natural lookno makeup, simple clothes, casual hairstyle; also a freshman Francis (#16: Patiently Alice): Alice and Dads singing waiter at Carmens; tall, dark hair, thin mustache, handsome, great voice Frank (#16: Patiently Alice): clerk at the drugstore on Georgia Ave.; thin face; in his twenties Frank (#25: Alice on Board, p. 21): engineer of the Seascape; middle-aged60-something, bald, wears glasses Freeman, Dr. (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 337): the Long childrens pediatrician Garcia, Dr. (#13: The Grooming of Alice): cardiologist at Suburban Gary (#13: The Grooming of Alice): one of Lesters friends, for 3 years; audiovisual technician; on a frequent-flier plan George (#25: Alice on Board, p. 38): manager at Nordstrom who Mrs. Jones was casually dating during Pams senior year Ginger (#14: Alice Alone): one of the 3 female offenders (shoplifting) who has Thanksgiving w/McKinleys; all 3 looking for work, CCFO got them jobs in warehouse for now; zebra-skin coat, 5-inch heels, made-up, lots of jewelry; youngest of the 3; all from bad homes Gladys, Mrs. (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 147): runs People Care in Silver Spring; gray curls, wide round face, violet eyes Gordon (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 152): one of the regular frequenters of People Care, one leg amputated, uses a crutch Gordon, Christin (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 425): one of Patricias friends when shes 15; father named Tom
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    Grafton, Jack (#13: The Grooming of Alice): one of Lesters friends; not like him: very shy, uncomfortable; a year younger than Les; cute, blond hair, square face, touch of a beard rimming his jaw Gray, Gerald (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 180): the man who changes the girls flat tire on Route 1 outside Carmel when they take their CA trip summer before senior year of college; 50ish, married, drives van, retired school principal Gretchen (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 93): Christophers date at Moroccan restaurant Grinley, Dr. (#25: Alice on Board, p. 114): the young doctor at Norfolk hospital who treats Elizabeth after her bee sting; looks good in his designer frames, green eyes like shamrocks Haggerty, Captain Joseph (#25: Alice on Board, p. 38): captain of the Seascape; about 510, late 40s, little cocky; this is his first time cruising the Chesapeake Bay Hall, Betsy (#10: Outrageously Alice): Crystals maid of honor; hosts bridal shower Harding, Officer (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 468): policeman who calls to inform Alice why Tyler isnt home from party his sophomore year Harkins, Mr. (#10: Outrageously Alice): Crystals father, gives her away at wedding Harkins, Mrs. (#10: Outrageously Alice): Crystals mother; orchestrates the wedding rehearsal Harrigan, Jack (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 32): assistant director of Camp Overlook; as tall as Connie is short, thin Harrigan, Richard (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 32): Jacks son; fellow asst. counselor at Camp Overlook (his 2nd stint); 17 years old; acne-scarred face but still cute, warm smile; tall and lanky, like his father; very long neck; the kids love him; particularly nice and attentive to Alice, though nothing develops between them Harris, William (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 501): Pams late-in-life husband (for more details, see her Love Life section above) Haskell, John (#6: Alice in April): employee of R. B. Roofing Heather (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 72): one of Carols bridesmaids; warm and friendly Hedges, Mr. Charles (#14: Alice Alone): Elizabeths new piano teacher, the best in Silver Spring Helene (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 361): IBM colleague whos sweet on Patrickhis only serious temptation throughout his marriage; ash blond hair, bustier than Alice, great legs, not beautiful but certainly attractive; slight accent; eventually takes job with AMOCO in Dallas while Long family is in Barcelona (p. 402) Hensley, Mrs. (#13: The Grooming of Alice): candy-striper supervisor Houghton, Kenny (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 140): Stacys brother; short; gives first toast at his sisters wedding Huang, James (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 16): the man Kays parents want her to marry; comes to the States from China for a months-long consulting job for a networking firm in January 2011 to meet her; stays at a hotel (p. 66); due to depart in April (p. 122); he and Kay start dating for real in late April Isacoff, Curtis (#25: Alice on Board, p. 19): deckhand aboard Seascape; married; large bladder; holds a grudge against Stephanie for breaking up his friends marriage; tattoo of snake and flag on left arm Jake (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 213): one of Keenos friends from school, who shows up uninvited with some other guys to the party in Less backyard when he spots Keenos car at the curb Jake (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 38): classmate of Pams, wants to go into repertory theater; weird and passionate; shes been sleeping with him Jayne (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 78): Abbys aunt; catering business in Eugene, OR; Alices boss and host the summer after her sophomore year; has a springer spaniel named Spirit, a canary, drives a minivan, lives on dead-end street, top of hill, steep driveway,
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    vegetable garden in front yard; looks like product of the 60s, angular face, no makeup, deepset gray eyes, graying bangs, girlish smile; divorced since Abby was little, 50ish Jeffers, Sharon (#1b: Alice in Blunderland, pp. 110111): customer of the Melody Inn with whom Ben went to a play in the winter of As 4th-grade year and who then gave him a box of chocolates for Valentines Day Jergens, Mr. (#25: Alice on Board, p. 26): one of the passengers on Seascapes first outing; wife allergic to smoke; on main deck Jerry (#19: Alice in the Know): guy on Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, works at fudge shop; from NJ, gets a job at the beach here every year; girlfriend works at the sandal shop (p. 176); recruits the girls to play beach volleyball Jessica (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 77): Patricks classmate from Barcelona, the one whod gotten him interested in the Peace Corps; also assigned to Madagascar while hes there, but in a different village; resembles Alice, but a little heavier; liked her a lot at first, but then didnt like her paternalistic attitude toward the natives; they argued a lotboth control freaks; she falls for another volunteer, making the breakup easier Joan (#10: Outrageously Alice): the Fantasy Creations representative at Crystals shower Joan (#17: Including Alice, p. 271): George Palamass girlfriend and/or date for New Years Eve; turns out shes his fiance (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 120) Joan (#19: Alice in the Know): Dr. Wileys assistant (p. 49) Joan (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 45): Friend of Carols who cant be a bridesmaid in her wedding party because she has bad morning sickness at five weeks pregnant with her first child John (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 104): friend of Patricks at college; met in his sociology class that first summer; a sophomore to his freshman Johnson, Rodney (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 250): the truck driver who hits and kills Mark; 67; wasnt intoxicated Jon (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 464): brother of Tylers girlfriend; on basketball team, drives, doesnt drink or smoke Jonah (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 141): Patricks roommate in his freshman year; has a sister who gave him a plant for their suite Josephine (Josie) (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 25): the smallest of Alices charges at Camp Overlook and one of the two white kids in her bunch; eight years old; small narrow face; takes on the baby role; likes only fried chicken; was born a premie; Marys younger sister; says prayers at night Josh (#25: Alice on Board, p. 3): deckhand aboard the Seascape; has worked on ships before, with Frank Joyce (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 122): colleague of Sylvia who attends Millies retirement dinner and helps her with Beth Juanita (#19: Alice in the Know): dept. manager in misses sportswear at Hechts; short, 40ish, long shiny blue-black hair (p. 74); 2-week vacation to Puerto Rico planned for Sept. (p. 121) Judith (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 116): W&M student Alice meets in the cafeteria when shes touring the college; short dark curly hair, dark intense eyes; works in the caf on Saturdays; shares a suite with three other roommates (both sexes); has a boyfriend Judith (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 117): one of Kays friends, comes to Less apt. with her one Friday night in February; has canoed with Kay on the Potomac Julia (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 47): one of Marilyns friends, at her baby shower Julie (#19: Alice in the Know): friend of Sylvias, Eds doubles tennis partner (p. 144) Jurgis, Mr. (#25: Alice on Board, p. 127): passenger in stateroom 303 on 2nd cruise who exposes himself
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    Katie (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 443): one of Patricias friends when shes a high school senior Kendra (#21: Almost Alice, p. 211): Scott Lynchs girlfriend; theyre pretty close by end of his senior year, shes thinking of attending the college hes going to (seems likely she goes to a different high school, but this isnt specified) Kendrick, Connie (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 31): Camp Overlooks director; short; curly hair; loud voice; radiates cheerfulness Kenny (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 272): Sue Yens boyfriend; red hair, reminds Alice of Patrick; works part-time at Hyatt Kent, Marsha (#13: The Grooming of Alice): author of Do You Have Bedroom Eyes? quiz Kevin (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 100): one of Patricks three summer school suite mates; rooms with Spence Kevin (#25: Alice on Board, p. 55): Natalies little brother; turns 10 in June Kim (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): a friend of Mickey Larson Kim (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 24): one of Alices charges at Camp Overlook; little, Korean; dropped off by her aunt; clingy, needs lots of assurance Kimball, Craig (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 22): fellow asst. counselor at Camp Overlook (his 2nd stint); 17 years old; very good-looking; cabin mate with Andy, group name the Buzzards; e-mail screen name Muddybiker, used to be NearlyNaked Kirby, Phil (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 307): reading teacher at Alices school years after she returns to work full-time who likes her; tall, more muscular than Patrick, former football player, gentle take-charge manner; spelunker Knott, Mr. (#25: Alice on Board, p. 25): one of the passengers on Seascapes first outing; chubby; on Chesapeake deck Kroger, Frank (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 70): manager of the construction company the McKinleys are using for their remodeling project Lake, Helen (#4: Reluctantly Alice): the woman Dad meets at the beach house in book #3: Alice in Rapture; longtime friend of Janice Sherman Latisha (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 252): the oldest of Alices charges at Camp Overlook; African American; aloof, angry, verbally abusive; likes contact sports, where she can be aggressive; at home, her father hits her head when she shoots off her mouth; a male relative with a pickup picks her up after camp Lauren (#19: Alice in the Know): Hechts employee, in HR dept. (p. 8) Lauren (#25: Alice on Board, p. 6): cabinmate aboard Seascape; athletic build, older than Natalie; has worked as steward before; planned to work on Spellbound in fall, otherwise might move in with boyfriend Lee (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 117): one of Kays friends, comes to Less apt. with her one Friday night in February Lohman, Tommie (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 38): Elizabeths fellow cabin asst. counselor at Camp Overlook, in cabin eight; tall, thin, light brown hair; easygoing; she and Craig start to get close by camps end; her condom-throwing wish is to return to the camp one day Lois (#17: Including Alice): Sylvias college roommate (p. 52); lives in North Carolina (pp. 52, 129); drives in for the wedding, stays at Sylvias house; blond, close-cropped hair, great cheekbones, long legs (p. 65); used to double-date with Sylvia; has an old friend in MD whos a store buyer for Hechts in Montgomery Mall (p. 129); went to a fraternity costume party with Sylvia, as Cleopatra (p. 136); leaves the dressed-up belly dancer (Sylvias costume) mannequin on Sylvias bed after the honeymoon (chap. 8) Lonnie (#19: Alice in the Know): the clerk who replaces Alice at Hechts (p. 202) Lou (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 56): bulldoze driver at Alices temp summer job
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    Madeline, Sister (#12: A on the Outside): from Elizabeths church Mack (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 119): one of Judiths roommates; knows computers Marcel (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 376): man the girls meet in New Orleans Marcie (#16: Patiently Alice): one of Elizabeths camp charges; freckles Marsha (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 97): one of the full counselors at Camp Overlook; relieves Alice and Gwens group the first Friday night Martin, Miss Jennifer (#19: Alice in the Know): Hechts personnel supervisor who hires Alice (p. 8) Martinez, Miss (#15: Simply Alice): interviewer of the 4 girls for Camp Overlook job Mary (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 25): Josephines older sister by two years (so shes 10); Caucasian; round face; does all the talking for her little sister and is very protective of her; one of the two girls who most often tries to smuggle food into the cabin; they have a Mama and an uncle; their mother picks them up after camp Matilda (#17: Including Alice): name of a fictional counterspy in a story Otto Watts tells the girls, but she turns out to be someones dog (pp. 198, 210) Matthew (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 444): Tylers best friend his freshman year; has a foreign beer can collection he inherited from his uncle Mavis (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 148): one of the student volunteers at People Care; tall, lean, can-do attitude; not a church-goer, not a believer McCoy, Ken (#25: Alice on Board, p. 10): first mate aboard Seascape; good-natured, toothy, infectious laugh Melissa (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 422): one of Patricias friends when shes 15; divorced parents Mike (#18: Alice on Her Way): works at Pizza Hut, gives Alice one of her birthday notes (p. 256) Millie (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 123): colleague of Sylvia who has her retirement dinner on the last Tuesday of November of As 11th-grade year Morris, Barry (#25: Alice on Board, p. 18): deckhand aboard Seascape, applied in November; has worked on ship before, once with Josh; loves the sun, likable, snores loudly Natalie (#25: Alice on Board, p. 5): cabinmate aboard Seascape; her first cruise job; long whiteblond hair she often wears in French braid; buys a pair of earrings in every port of call as souvenir of her summer; buys MD terrapin turtle in Crisfield for her brother Kevins 10th birthday present, Sunday in early June Natalie (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 134): flower girl at Less wedding; four-year-old daughter of Stacys maid of honor; brunette; a charmer but a chatterbox Necessary, Mr. (#18: Alice on Her Way): manager of restaurant in Bristol, TN, where McKinleys stopped for lunch on a trip to see Dads relatives (p. 1) Nick (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 403): Pamelas longtime boyfriend; Alice first hears of him while shes in Barcelona (at 39); New Yorker; suave, owns a mens clothing store, they have a lot in common on the outside (style-conscious, both love NYC, trendy clubs and restaurants, neither wanted children, p. 474), but relationship eventually fizzles 10 years later for same reasons Alice and Daves did: not a lot going on under the surface, bored with each other, not enough to talk about Nolinstock, Mr. (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): bookkeeper Nolinstock, Mrs. (#1b: Alice in Blunderland): the woman Dad hires to be at the house Mon., Wed., and Fri. afternoons and on Saturdays, to supervise Alice and Les and to cook and clean (once summer vacation starts, shes there for full days); tall, thin; gray-brown hair tied back; wrinkled around the eyes, bright pink face, straight mouth; dresses frumpy; Dad was referred to her by a male customer; good self-taught cook, whispers recipes aloud to herself when shes cooking; no kids (though she wanted them) or pets, married; she works for them from
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    mid-February of As 4th grade year until the end of that Augustshe and her husband move to Michigan that Sept.; A gives her a pot holder as a going-away present Ornosky, Rita (#25: Alice on Board, p. 263): employee at Basswood Conference Center Ortega, Joe (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 50): one of the six male asst. counselors at Camp Overlook; Latino; same height as Gwen (whos short); most muscular guy at camp; Gwen likes him Paige (#25: Alice on Board, p. 144): Margaret Sandersons best friend, one of her references for consideration as Alices roommate Palamas, George (#16: Patiently Alice): Lesters and Pauls roommate in the Victorian; responsible; works for an insurance company; not sure hell stay at the apt. more than a year, so he takes one of the smaller bedrooms; majored in business; listens to Bach music (#17: Including Alice, p. 259); stocky (#17, p. 270); shorter than his roommates, dark hair, possibly Greek, knows Spanish (#21: Almost Alice, pp. 39, 43); getting married in September (of As sr. year) (#21, p. 102; #22: Intensely Alice, p. 190)ends up being the weekend of October 23 actually (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 113); his book collection is limited to finance (#22, p. 193); sprained his ankle morning of his wedding, the guys bound him up, havent heard from him since he left for his honeymoon in Greece (#23, p. 211) Perona, Tom (#3: Alice in Rapture): attends St. Josephs at start of series; Elizabeth likes him during summer after 6th grade; then attends St. Johns (jr. high? #8: Alice the Brave, #9: Alice in Lace); the two get back together end of summer of 8th grade, but he two-times Elizabeth again with a girl from his school; gives his girlfriends ID bracelets Phil (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 89): one of the full counselors at Camp Overlook, most senior; engaged to Sue; around 22 Plotkin, Ned (#2: The Agony of Alice): Mrs. Plotkins husband Psycho (#1a: Starting with Alice): one of the members of Lesters combo Quinton (#25: Alice on Board, p. 5): crew boss aboard Seascape; nice and fair; married to Dianne; extremely tall (a foot taller than the 510 captain), angular face with deep creases, deep pleasant voice; from Maine, where they keep a sailboat Rachel (#25: Alice on Board, p. 5): cabinmate aboard Seascape; small, elflike, strong; mid-20s; has worked as steward before, most knowledgeable of the bunch; lounge attendant Rankin, Dr. (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 491): Bens cardiologist Rawley, Mr. (#18: Alice on Her Way): Marilyns father; escorts her down the aisle at her wedding Richards, A. J. (#6: Alice in April): female internist in Silver Spring who Les visits; red hair Roberts, Jack (#15: Simply Alice): Marilyns new boyfriend (eventual husband); guitarist who plays w/band in Baltimore; dating a month by spring of As freshman year; proposes in summer after As freshman year (#16: Patiently Alice); gets a last name in book #23: Alice in Charge, p. 67; has dark stubble at baby shower, so hes evidently dark-haired (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 50) Roberts, Summer Hope (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 107): Marilyn and Jacks baby girl; born the night of Friday, Feb. 18th, in Alices senior year of high school Roland, Dr. (#13: The Grooming of Alice): cardiologist at Suburban Ruby (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 25): the youngest of Alices charges at Camp Overlook; chubby, African American, seven years old, clingy, but pretty independent so long as she receives affection; one of the two girls who likes to try to smuggle food into the cabin; says prayers at night; picked up by her grandmother Ruth (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 152): one of the regular frequenters of People Care, germophobe, wears gloves when she eats Ryan, Father (#19: Alice in the Know): Lizs priest (p. 131) Ryder, Mindy (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 360): one of Patricias friends when shes 9
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    Ryder, Mrs. (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 360): Mindys mother; has a vibrator in a little box Salinas, Dr. (#15: Simply Alice): performs As appendectomy at Suburban Sandra (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 125): the woman who gets Claire involved in Magic Myst; drives BMW Sawyer, Captain Sanderson (#25: Alice on Board, p. 31): was supposed to man the Seascapes first outing but replaced unexpectedly; going on 60, house on the Severn Schield, Mrs. (#25: Alice on Board, p. 25): one of the passengers on Seascapes first outing; her first cruise; on lounge deck Seifert, Bob (#19: Alice in the Know): man at Rehoboth Beach, celebrating 50th wedding anniversary with his wife when girls seek shelter in his beach house (p. 199) Shannon (#25: Alice on Board, p. 5): cabinmate aboard Seascape; first-time cruiser, like the girls; signed up for the job to force herself to stop smoking (but doesnt); round face with blue eyes, resembles Molly; gets seasick; quits in middle of 2nd cruise Sheldon, Zack (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 476): Patricias husband; curly hair; very casual, slouches; biology major at W&M like Patricia; Alice and Patrick first meet him over spring break of Patricias junior year; hes not what her parents had hoped for, but by that summer, they can see theyre serious and a good match; from Rhode Island, where his parents are (Alice and Patrick like them right away: warm and down-to-earth); three siblings (p. 483) Shelley (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 148): one of the student volunteers at People Care; redhead, smiles continually; a regular church-goer, a regular volunteer; born again at 10 years old Sheryl (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 240): girl at the party in Germantown Shirley (#14: Alice Alone): one of the 3 female offenders who has Thanksgiving w/McKinleys; all 3 looking for work, CCFO got them jobs in warehouse for now; leather jacket, satin blouse, designer jeans; thin, half-circle eyebrows; former prostitute (led into it by her mother), arrested on drug charges Shorty (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 53): crew worker at Alices temp summer job; tattooed arm Sims, Marsha (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 289): principal of middle school where Alice gets her first counseling job; tough but fair Simms, Andy (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 22): fellow camp asst. counselor; very good-looking, tall, African American; cabin mate with Craig, group name the Buzzards Snow, Charlie (#1a: Starting with Alice): Moms fianc before meeting Dad; belonged to a fraternity; rich; same height as Marie, muscular; he used to whirl her around; fast-talking, loud; degree in business or some such; worked for IBM (#9: Alice in Lace, pp. 85ff.) Sorenson, Paul (#16: Patiently Alice): tall and thin (more so than Les) (#17: Including Alice, p. 258), looks like a young Ichabod Crane (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 137); very tall, gangly, blondish, serious-seeming but decent-looking (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 251); wears glasses (#25: Alice on Board, p. 250); one of Lesters friends, with whom he plays tennis; roommate in Mr. Wattss 2nd-floor apartment; also a U of MD student; a nice guy, seems mature, responsible, serious (#17, 258); hits it off with Carol when shes in town for Bens wedding (#17, p. 122); geology major, part-time dance instructor, and bluegrass musician (#17, p. 258); Gwens impressed with his far-ranging book collection (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 192); joins the McKinleys for Alices 12th-grade Thanksgiving because his parents are on a cruise (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 210); best man at Georges wedding (#23, p. 211); takes a 10-day ski trip in early January (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 22); job hunting at same time Les is; when Alice returns from cruise job, hes got a beat-up 19-foot Flying Scot sailboat (named Fancy Pants, for his grandmother Ursula Birgit) in the backyard of the house, where he and Les
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    intend to fix it up and use it as girl bait (#25: Alice on Board, p. 248); Alice admits shes always been attracted to him in a weird way, to his introverted intellectual persona (#25, p. 252); hed like to take some time off and sail down Florida coast when boat is ready (#25, p. 271) Spence (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 100): one of Patricks three summer school suite mates; rooms with Kevin Stan (#7: Alice In-Between): sleeping car attendant for As 2nd train trip to Chicago, with Pamela & Elizabeth Stefans, Mitch (#25: Alice on Board, p. 12): part steward/part deckhand aboard Seascape; 20ish, sandy blond hair, broad shoulders, long legs, large calloused hands, tans easily, quiet, smiles with his eyes, a lot taller than Alice; signed up for job in March; from Vienna, MD; traps and fishes with his dad and brothers, 68-year-old uncle died last year in the marsh; former tobacco chewer; has never flown on a plane; big appetite, broad taste; people feel happy around him, hes accepting, no agenda; pays his parents monthly room and board but saves most of his salary; has his own boat, wants to fix it up; wants a wife who wants to live the same kind of life he does, have at least three kids; has a female springer spaniel named Rags; Alice likes having a male whos just a friend (pp. 221, 273) Steve (#7: Alice In-Between): Crystals date when Les and Alice run into her at the nightclub during As b-day celebration; octopus hands, she escapes him Steve (#18: Alice on Her Way): a contestant in the Friday Night Underwear Party at the New York club (p. 207) Steve (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 169): friend of Tony, owns a Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle, bright yellow, orange streaks, black seat; takes Alice for a ride over lunch in Dec. of jr. year Strickler, Mrs. (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 152): one of the regular frequenters of People Care; has been expecting a visit from her son for the past three years Sue (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 89): one of the full counselors at Camp Overlook, most senior; engaged to Phil Sunny (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 240): kid at the party in Germantown Swenson, Lawrence (Larry) (#20: Dangerously Alice, p. 93): Carols new boyfriend, the same nice young man she was seeing last summer; big, boxy, with honey blond hair (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 85); working his way up the ladder in hotel management; previously worked in Boston, where he met Carol, then Chicago; from Red Wing, MN; used to ice fish with his father there; attended Northwestern U; Carol moves into his apt. right before Thanksgiving of As jr. year; by her 17th birthday in May 2008 theyre engaged; wedding set for that July (for details, see Carols section above in Maries Family section); always smiling (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 85); ends up managing hotels (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 404) Swick, Tom (#1c: Lovingly Alice): husband of Alices 5th-grade teacher Tarell (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 300): student bully at Alices school, her most difficult case Thornton, M. P. (#6: Alice in April): internist in Silver Spring Todd (#25: Alice on Board, p. 181): fellow steward aboard Seascape; young, skinny Torino, Ed (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 71): star player on Bens high school basketball team Tracy (#1a: Starting with Alice): Rosalinds cousin, who lives in D.C.; short blond hair, dark brown eyes Vance (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 310): leader of Curtis Butlers white supremacy group; 20 years old Virginia (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 57): 9-year-old in Pam & Doriss cabin at Camp Overlook; difficult, hits kids, uses vulgar language, in her third foster home; not black Wallace (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 152): one of the regular frequenters of People Care, lives under a viaduct
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    Watts, Otto (#16: Patiently Alice): a friend of Paul Sorensons father, who rents out the 2nd floor of his Victorian house, the apt. he and his wife converted for their younger daughter when she was in college; widower for a long time; hard of hearing, wears a hearing aid; nurses aide comes in daytime (8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; #22: Intensely Alice, p. 186) to help him out (#16, pp. 180182; #21: Almost Alice, p. 102); short, wiry, has mustache and goatee, watery blue eyes, brown age spots on backs of hands, has to watch his diet (#17: Including Alice, pp. 196198); lives on 1st floor of house: huge high-ceilinged living room with velvet drapes, huge kitchen w/cupboards to ceiling; on a Friday night in November of 10th grade, the 3 girls dine with himlasagna, salad, pineapple upside-down cake (#17, p. 188)when their plan to surprise Les and his roommates with dinner is foiled; Mrs. Jones drives them over and back (#17, p. 190); he claims to have been on gymnastics team at Georgetown U and a spy for the CIA (#17, pp. 198199), but Les explains he studied infestations and was never out of the States, was just entertaining the girls w/adventure stories (#17, p. 210); when he needs help during the night, he rings a cowbell that can easily be heard upstairs (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 191); fan of CSI (#22, p. 195); 92 years old by summer before As sr. year (#22, p. 200); gave up gin and cigars, but still eats sugar, red meat, and likes to get his pulse racing; has one son in Atlanta and a few sisters (#22, p. 201); urinary incontinence issue (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 21) Wiley, Dr. (#17: Including Alice): Alices orthodontist (p. 180); his office is in a larger building, with a lobby (#19: Alice in the Know, p. 51) William (#22, Intensely Alice, p. 147): right-hand man at People Care for 13 years; large man, about 300 lbs. Woodword, Moses (Moe) (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 164): Lizs husband (for details, see her Love Life section above) Woody (#6: Alice in April): oboe (*trombone?) instructor Janice dates in books #5: All But Alice, #6: Alice in April

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    V. SPECIFIC THINGS THE AUTHOR REQUESTED 1. Contents of Keepsakes Trunk in McKinleys Attic (Alice doesnt look in here until summer after 6th grade; has only seen photos of her mother until then: #3: Alice in Rapture, pp. 125130); throughout her later years in Silver Spring house, would come up and look through the trunk on rainy days (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 43) Very large trunk, Mom & Dad bought it when first married; half is used for seasonal storage, the other half holds keepsakes (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 53) ! Dress Alice wore at 2 (in large brown envelope that says Alices dress at two years of age pink w/white ruffles at bottom and around sleeves) ! Moms baby dress (in large brown envelope on which she wrote Maries dress when she was two; old, wrinkled, yellow silk, larger and longer than As) ! Little brown monkeyAs toy when Mom was still alive; Mom would fill a dolls baby bottle w/water, Alice would feed it, water would come out other end, Alice clearly remembers watching Mom make diapers for it out of dishtowels in the kitchen (on Alices bed by book #17: Including Alice, p. 247) ! Pictures Alice drew for Mom in nursery school ! Lesters childhood drawings ! Paper with outline of Moms hand drawn, inside it an outline of As hand ! Marie and Bens love letters in a blue box tied in a bow w/blue string; Our letters in Moms handwriting: white envelopes from TN (Dads), blue, yellow, and pink envelopes from IL (Moms) ! Maries wedding dress: In a large boxlike a coat box, sealed in blue tapeat bottom of trunk, labeled Maries wedding dress (though Alice doesnt look at it, book #3: Alice in Rapture, p. 129); in book #19, Alice in the Know, we learn it was a simple ivory dress, from the wedding photo on Uncle Harolds wall, the same photo Ben has in the house somewhere (p. 272); Sally told Alice Marie found it in a secondhand store and fell in love with it (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 44); she finally opens the box and looks at the dress in summer after college graduation, right after Patrick proposed at beach: ivory taffeta, wrapped in blue tissue paper and stuffed with more tissue in bodice and sleeves, stayed clean and preserved, round neckline, "-length sleeves, fitted bodice, skirt in gentle folds; note card tucked in box: I know I would have loved him too. Mom. (#26, pp. 243244) ! (*But the box is separate from the trunk in the last book (#26 pp. 43-44)) ! Peach rayon nightgown of Moms (#7: Alice In-Between, p. 53) Other Things in Attic ! Carols hand-me-downs that Aunt Sally sends until A grows into them ! Chintz chair by the trunk ! Lots of boxes of old stuff, even from Chicago: gifts Mom received (silver-plated butter server, decorative bread box), Xmas decorations, framed prints, potty chair (with pink and blue bunnies painted on lid), tableclothsSylvia and Alice sift through them the last day of her spring break of freshman year of college (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 44) 2. Buried Time Capsule (#6: Alice in April, pp. 5758, 6970, 159160) (Text of Alices letter to herself appears in full at end of book #6: Alice in April, pp. 163164) ! For Mr. Hensleys World Studies class, in the 2nd semester of 7th grade ! All of his 7th graders will be participating, so the capsule is of the entire 7th grade
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    Buried in the school courtyard, hole filled w/cement, marker on top Class will be invited back the year theyre 60, to dig it up (if the schools still there; if not, the county had promised to move it elsewhere) To decide what went in, teacher had each student list 10 things they suggested putting in the capsule, representing current society, then all were listed on the board so everyone could vote for final 10 things Each student also wrote a letter to their 60-year-old self Alice suggested: 1. Washington Post article about global warming 2. Harry Potter poster 3. DVD of Lord of the Rings 4. Ugg boots 5. Campaign literature about county elections 6. SAY NO TO DRUGS bumper sticker 7. Big Mac wrapper/coupon 8. LED flashlight 9. Someones old iPod 10. A silly band If Dad were asked at 12 years old, he would have put in: World Series ticket stub, SpiderMan comic book After Denises death, a few kids wanted to put in something about her, but Mr. Hensley rejected the idea because of the message it would sendgiving Denise attention for dying, not for living Buried on a Friday (apparently in early May), containing all the letters and 10 items, but also the kids school pictures, and, lastly, Denises bracelet from Hawaii, which Mr. Hensley allowed Alice to put in by special request At 17 years old, Pam doesnt even remember what her letter said (#22: Intensely Alice, p. 196); she wanted to include her measurements at the time, was so proud of being named Wyoming by the boys (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, p. 502) Opening event, 48 years later, in June the year Alice is 60 (#26: Now Ill Tell You Everything, chap. 27): o Among those in attendance: Alice, Patrick, Liz, Pam, Brian, Jill, Karen, Gwen (even though she wasnt part of the projectdidnt take Hensleys class), and five other classmates o Capsule itself is an old metal milk can o Hensley left a detailed map with the board of education (and in his will) marking its location on the school grounds o Final contents include: issue of Washington Post with headlines about Soviet Union; Michael Jordan poster; SAY NO TO DRUGS bumper sticker; Big Mac wrapper; photo of 7thgrade class; girls halter top; report card; all the kids letters to themselves o Donald Sheavers shows up and climbs to top of jungle gym and gives his Tarzan yell

    3. Ben & Maries Honeymoon ! Book #1a (Starting with Alice): they went camping because thats all they could afford (p. 88) ! Book #8: Alice the Brave confirms this: Ben recalls they talked about astronomy, that Marie was most interested in the order of the universe; he named a far-off bluish star the Star Marie after her (pp. 62, 63)
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    4. School Dances ! Valentines dance (#11: Achingly Alice): Alice goes in 8th grade, informal, kids come in groups (p. 68); Patrick playing in the combo then has to leave early to catch late-night flight to Vermont with his parents; 7th-grade girls wear red-and-white polka dots or pink-and-white lace; 8th-grade girls wear black, w/red lips and nails (p. 70); Alice wears black sweater and leggings, Pamela in long black rayon dress with thin, pointy-toed boots, Elizabeth in black pants and lacy black top; all 3 friends wear white face powder, mascara, and lipstick; Sylvia and Jim are there together as chaperones; dances w/Sam and Patrick, whenever band on break; she has a nice time; Mr. Price drives them home ! 8th-grade semi-formal (#12: A on the Outside): held in May, on a Friday night at 8:00 (2 weeks after As birthday, so late in May), long dresses, boys in suits; gym decorated as The Gold Planet; although Sam also invited her, Alice accepts Patricks later invitation (#11: Achingly Alice; see Alices Romance Dept. section above), but he gets mono the day of the dance and when he calls Sam to see if hell take her, Sam already has a date (pp. 155156); Mr. Long drives over the wrist corsage (p. 157); she goes anyway, wearing the jade green bridesmaid dress from Crystals wedding and the bracelet Lori gave her (p. 159); Elizabeth (in an off-the-shoulder pink satin dress w/slim skirt, p. 81) goes with Justin; Pamela (deep purple dress, low cut back, halter top [p. 85], dangly earrings [p. 159]) asks Donald; the girls dress at Elizabeths house, whose mother lets her wear mascara (p. 151); with Mrs. Jones out of the house and Mr. Jones feeling that its his wifes job to take Pam shopping for dance dresses, Lester helped the girls pick out Pamelas dress to ensure it wouldnt be indecent (pp. 82, 8387); Justins dad drives them all there in his van, picking the boys up first, then the girls, an hour early; Lester picks them up at 11:00; chaperones included Miss Summers, Mr. Ormand, Mr. Sorringer, Mr. Everett; Alice dances with Lori and Leslie and all the other singles, with Sam and with Donald ! Snow Ball (#14: Alice Alone): first formal dance in high school, mid-December (p. 111); Brian (w/girl from another school) and Jill (w/sophomore) are the only 2 freshmen in the group to go (p. 198); the 3 friends have a sleepover at As that night (p. 197) ! Valentine Dance (#15: Simply Alice): freshman year; A finds out from Jill that Patrick took Penny; but no other details are given and none of the other members of the gang seem to have gone (p. 35); note that this same event is officially called Jack of Hearts dance from book #18 onward ! Jack of Hearts dance (#18: Alice on Her Way, p. 3; also called Valentines dance generically): sophomore year; Friday, February 13; semi-formal (p. 34), over at 11:30 (p. 86); Sam (gray pants, blue blazer, cuff-linked shirt, red Ralph Lauren tie; pp. 85, 90) takes Alice (in midnight blue dress with iridescent stripes in the flouncy, flared skirt, short slit sleeves, scoop neck, rayon, on sale [p. 70]; borrowed cape from Sylvia, who does As nails and hair and lets her wear her perfume [pp. 8586]); Gwen (and her friend Yolanda) asked guys from church; Brian and Pam (in dress with black bottom, red lacy top, and detachable red cloth rose at waist; new pair of stilettos [p. 66]) double-date with Penny with Mark; Jill with Justin (p. 35); Karen and an unnamed date; Patrick and Marcie; Ross (in tuxedo jacket and jeans [p. 88]) takes train to attend with Liz (p. 46) (who wears a rose crepe dress from Hechts that her mom shortens for her [p. 62]); Dad had no film to take pictures, but Sam assures him his mom will take care of that (p. 85); Mrs. Mayer holds a dinner before the
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    dance for the kids (p. 45), and Liz and Ross join Sam and Alice for that, with Sam driving; menu: crab bisque or spinach salad (appy), chicken w/mushrooms or Tuscan lasagna (entre), little heart-shaped chocolate cakes (pp. 89, 93); school gym decorated in red, white, and pink, like a fairyland (p. 96); Lori and Leslie (black pants and tops) very romantically dance Homecoming (#20: Dangerously Alice): junior year, in the gym, with a DJ (p. 32); Gwen drives Liz, Pam, and Alice in her brothers car (p. 32), they make it a girls night; Pam wears tight jeans and silver stilettos with ankle straps (p. 20), Alice wears her best tight jeans and low-cut sweater, she and Liz do each others hair and makeup and look 18 (p. 32) Snow Ball (#20: Dangerously Alice): junior year; Friday, November 30 (moved up since Thanksgiving so early this year, p. 65), in the gym, decorated with a Styrofoam ice cave/tunnel (p. 135); live band (p. 136), professional photos taken with sparkling backdrop (p. 141); Tony invites her in homeroom one November morning (p. 75); looks like a bullfighter in a red ruffled shirt and black tux (p. 133); they double with Pam and Tim (in dark blue tux, p. 134), with Tony driving them all to a Thai restaurant in Bethesda and then the dance in his fathers Buick LaSabre (p. 134); Alice wears black halter-top dress, with slits up sides and back zipper, she and Liz got at a secondhand store (p. 87) (so probably Karens aunts hand-me-down, p. 136), Sylvias wrap, spandex panties, heels; Pam wears salmoncolored satin low-cut gown with spaghetti straps and black stilettos (p. 135); Alice takes her picture with Amy, too, her face burning orange-red (p. 142); she and Tony park at field after dropping off Pam and Tim, heavy makeout session (pp. 144145; neither Gwen nor Liz get asked (Liz cant get up nerve to ask a guy herself; Gwens relieved that she doesnt have to buy a new dress) (p. 85), so they spend the evening with Molly (p. 132); no grinding allowed (p. 138); other students there: Jill (looking fabulous in silver lam) and Justin; Lori and Leslie (both in white tuxes); Karen and date; Mark and Penny, Amy Sadie Hawkins Day dance (#21: Almost Alice, chap. 5; pp. 12, 53, 57, 110): junior year, Friday, February 29 (leap year); Pam takes Tim; Alice first asks Patrick on a Wednesday night in late January, then Scott; he drives, picks her up at seven, Sylvia snaps a picture; they double with Don Spiro and Christy Levin; an affordable, all-night event, complete with BBQ, in the gym, no corsages; band: Yokum Hokem; Alice wears her good jeans with a big red patch on the butt, a peasant blouse and an old jacket with patches sewn on; Scotts in overalls, polo shirt, work boots; Pam and Tim win Best Dogpatch Look-Alikes; Liz plays the gorgeous Stupefyin Jones; Starbucks afterward Patricks Senior Prom (in May of Alices junior year) (#21: Almost Alice, chap. 18): She immediately takes Marilyn up on her offer to borrow her dress: creamy aqua, formfitting, simple top, spaghetti straps, three overlapping layers at bottom, each with two-inch border of satin (p. 100) (Sylvia temporarily shortens the straps; Alice buys new beige strappy sandals with her birthday money, pp. 240, 256); since her folks didnt have to buy her a new dress, Sylvia treats her to a hair appt. (piled high on top, with curls in back) and Dad to a manicure, to make her real nails look nice; Liz gives her a pedicure, with the same burnished copper polish on her fingernails and helps with her makeup, including new bronze blush with glitter; 40 minutes before Patrick picks her up, Pam calls with news of her miscarriage; Patrick arrives, in white tux, vest, and tie, in a busload full of 15 other couples, with a PROM OR BUST banner; gives her a wrist corsage of white baby roses, chocolate brown ribbon; she gives him a boutonniere, and Dad and Sylvia take pictures in front of the new fireplace, one on the porch with the bus in the background; Alice doesnt know any of the other seniors, who include Patricks friends Mario and Ana and Ron Yen and Melinda; she sees his fun side tonight, starting with dinner at Clydes, then the dance at the Holiday Inn; after changing into casual clothes, they attend the after-prom party at the school, run by parents, from one oclock to six in the morning; this years theme is the Wild West; Patricks father plays the
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    blackjack dealer, his mother mans the saloon; Alice rides a whizzing toilet bowl, Patrick sets the nights record for mechanical bull riding Homecoming (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 44): senior year; Liz & Keeno, Gwen & Austin, Alice and Pam on their own; all drive together in Keenos mothers car; casual dress: tight jeans; Justin and Jill named king and queen (p. 50) Snow Ball (#23: Alice in Charge): senior year; Friday, first full week of December 10 (p. 61); Daniel and Alice will double with Gwen and Austin (p. 60); Gwen suggests all the girls trade dresses instead of buying new onesAlice wears Gwens (let out) Kelly green dress with tiny black polka dots and wide black sash at waist (hair piled atop head, with fake green daisies; p. 266); Liz wears Alices slinky black halter-top; Gwen wears Pams salmon gown with spaghetti straps; and Pam wears Alices midnight blue dress, altered by Sylviaand then Alice publicizes the idea, complete with picture of the four of them, on cover of The Edge (pp. 188, 200); Liz suggests that Pam ask Louie, so they can all go together as a group of eight (p. 201); chapter 19: formal, but not all the guys wears tuxes; Daniel wears his brothers sport coat (too-long sleeves), didnt know to bring her a corsage so comes with flowers instead; Keeno again drives them all in his moms SUV; in school gym, decorated with hanging snowflakes, fake snowdrifts, rotating sparkles in a strobe light; Jill and Justin arrive together, signaling their reunion; group leaves an hour early and goes to a Mexican restaurant; Daniel shakes her hand at her door, she offers to return the flowers to him on Monday, so his mother can enjoy them too Sock Hop (#24: Incredibly Alice): 1950s-style dance on Friday, February 11, of Alices senior year (p. 7); chapter 8: she, Pam, and Liz attend in saddle shoes and matching poodle skirts Mrs. Price sewed for them; junior class decorates; jukebox, Elvis impersonator, 57 Chevy, waitresses on skates, root beer floats; Amy comes with two friends, but the girls feel theyve started to outgrow such things; combo plays a special set, including Daniel Bul Dau on his drum Senior Prom: its decided that Patrick will be her date during the December 2010 phone call when he tells her his family is moving to WI at the end of that month (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 257); tells her not to plan for anything after the dancehell take care of that (#24: Incredibly Alice, p. 99); date set for Saturday, May 14Alices 18th birthdayso her b-day gift from Dad and Sylvia is any prom outfit she wants short of a designer label; Sylvia goes shopping with her, they buy a gorgeous gown in a deep, brilliant yellow, with a long full skirt covered with a layer of white chiffoncloudlike, shimmersand a low-enough back so that Patrick touches bare skin when they dance; doesnt want yellow shoes, so wears fleshcolored sling-back heels she already owns, and Sylvia gets her a clutch instead, uses Sylvias wrap; dinner with the gang before the dance, but they wont attend the after party at the school (#24, pp. 225228); Chapter 26: Sylvia does Alices hair and nails; Austin and Gwen drive Patrick over to pick up Alice; pale yellow wrist corsage, pictures in front of fireplace; dinner at Normandie Farm in Potomac with Pam & Jay, Liz & Keeno; Gwen wears red, Pam wears white, Liz wears lavender, Patrick in black tux with yellow boutonniere; dance is at Hyatt, Arabian theme; other attendees: Sam, Lori & Leslie, Phil and his date, Ryan & Penny; Alice & Patrick leave around 11:00, a black limo picking them up at hotel and taking them to Bay Bridge and back thru D.C.

    5. School Courses ! Has problems with math as early as 5th grade (#1c: Lovingly Alice) ! Likes World Studies (history) the least in 7th grade ! Needs help from Gwen in 2nd-semester general math in 8th grade (#12: A on the Outside, p. 34)
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    She says shes not very good in math (#4: Reluctantly Alice, p. 2; #14: Alice Alone, p. 21) and science (#14: Alice Alone, p. 21; #16: Patiently Alice, p. 169) Worried about flunking 1st-semester Algebra I in 9th grade a week into school (ends up with a C- [#17: Including Alice, p. 3]); Gwen helps her w/algebra thereafter (#14: Alice Alone, pp. 17, 32, 33) and Alice is counting on her to help her in Algebra II, geometry, and physics throughout high school (#17: Including Alice, p. 3) (geometry still very difficult for her in 11th grade; #20: Dangerously Alice, p. 6) Rates herself pretty highly on art and on social studies courses (history, sociology, etc.) and highest in language arts (#16: Patiently Alice, pp. 169170)

    6. Alices Baby Book (#16: Patiently Alice, pp. 165166; #1b: Alice in Blunderland, p. 149) ! Kept in Dads bedroom in Takoma Park (#1b, p. 149); in the bottom drawer of Dads desk in Silver Spring ! White silk book with BABY DEAR in pink letters ! First page has her baby photo, few hours after her birth; bald ! Some pasted-in photos, some loose (asleep in her crib, Mom holding her in her lap on a swing, Mom feeding her spinach, getting a bath); Moms handwritten notes accompany everything ! Page headers include: First Outing, Babys Friends, Babys Favorite Toys, Health Record, First Birthday ! On page for 3rd birthday, a lock of her hair is stitched in ! Page 168 lists more firsts in Alices young life: first laugh, crawl, word

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    VI. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS (Pulled out from above listings due to length) 1. Camp Overlook (All from #16: Patiently Alice) ! Summer before sophomore year ! Funded by a church, run by the county (#15: Simply Alice, p. 187), for disadvantaged kids (this is not specified until #25: Alice on Board, p. 152); no frills, basics only; each summer, camp lasts three weeks; coed, with full counselors and 12 assistant counselors (6 boys, 6 girls), a director and an asst. director, and a camp nurse; comprised of two rows of six facing cabinsone side male (odd numbers), the other side female (even numbers)each side with its own shower house/toilets; each windowed cabin has 4 bunk beds (for either 1 full counselor and 7 charges or 2 asst. counselors and 6 charges), 2 dressers, a few shelves, 8 coat hooks, a metal box for food, no facilities, a screen door; all cabin groups choose names for themselves; theres a camp minibus; directors office; directors and asst. directors cabins; campfire circle ! Located near Cumberland, in the NW corner of MD, in the Appalachian Mts.; dining hall; riverfront, with a place for swimming (*lake), a few rowboats, about a dozen canoes, a boathouse; spectacular overlook (Point Overlook) through the woods, after which the camp was named, a natural promontory, protected by a chest-high stone wall, looking over valley and mts. beyond; nature trails; a picnic area; a baseball diamond ! Quiet hour each afternoon; movie nights; weekly horse riding at a nearby farm; afternoon snack & after movie snack; mail call every afternoon at three; theres a camp song and a camp cheer ! Alices co-counselor in cabin 6 is Gwen; their group name is the Coyotes and their six girls are aged 710; sleeping arrangements are specified on p. 23 of book #16: Patiently Alice; her condom-throwing wish is for Dads wedding to come off in the fall (p. 149); Mrs. Wheeler dropped all 4 girls off at the rec center; Mrs. Price picks them up ! Camp Cheer: Clap your hands! Stamp your feet! Our Camp Overlook Cant be beat! ! Camp Rules/Guidelines: o Kids cant bring food into the cabins (will attract wildlife); counselors can store goodies in big metal box in each cabin) o Kids cant go on any of the trails w/o permission and they can never go alone o Showers before bed, not in the morning; two cabins go at a time, boys and girls have separate shower houses (after the kids go, the counselors take turns, half at a time) o Sheets are changed once a week o Full counselors get Saturday nights off; assistants get Friday nights off, from six to midnight o During any special program (movies, music hour), the asst. counselors are granted a break, since they dont get paid (full counselors do) o All visitors have to register at the officer; generally limited to Sundays o Camp philosophy is to let the kids experience the consequences of their actions, unless their safety is at risk

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    o If theres a disturbance, counselors are instructed to secure their charges in their cabin until instructions come over the sound system o Two staff meetings a week o At meals, theres a designated server per table, and cabins are assigned cleanup duty after meals 2. Ben and Sylvias Wedding (All from #17: Including Alice, unless listed otherwise) ! Wedding date: Saturday, October 18 (p. 1) ! Color theme: teal and royal blue (p. 12) ! Wedding party: o Sylvias sister Nancy slated as maid of honor, and she asks Alice to be her only other bridesmaid (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 13)too many friends at work to ask any or all of them; but Nancy too weak to make it through the whole ceremony, so Alice takes over as maid of honor (p. 54) o Les is best man (p. 54) o Uncle Harold and Uncle Howard ushers (p. 54) o Kirk walks Sylvia down the aisle and gives her away (pp. 19, 54) ! Attire: o Sylvia: dress is off the rack (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 13); white billowy waist-length veil (p. 77) and a headpiece of delicate wire frame with floating pearls (p. 22); dress is long white satin, simple sleeveless design, lace panel down front, slits on either side of the skirt (p. 68), no train (p. 60); sling-back white satin shoes; nails painted in Rusty Rose (same as Alice); hair worn up (p. 68); wide band of white and yellow gold (p. 76) o Nancy: royal blue dress made by the same dressmaker in Bethesda (p. 19) who makes Alices dress o Ben: dark blue suit (not tux), blue and silver tie (pp. 5, 73) o Les: dark blue suit (not tux), blue and red tie (pp. 5, 73) o Alice: teal, simple, straight across the front, spaghetti straps, long narrow skirt; Sylvia let her choose from among 3 patterns, she opts for the same one Nancy liked; Sylvia picks up As dress 10 days before wedding (p. 19); wears dyed teal pumps (p. 74) o Elizabeth: blue dress with ivory chemise (p. 45) o Pamela: black strappy dress that shows off her shoulders (p. 45) o Lori Haynes: beige pants and tops, looks like a stylish New York model (p. 88) o Patrick: dark blue sport coat, tan pants, bright red tie (p. 99) o Gwen: rose-colored dress, skirt in filmy layers (p. 103) o Margaret: gray silk outfit, similar to what her mother wears (p. 106) ! Ben is in charge of honeymoon: driving to Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia for hiking, horseback riding, swimming (p. 28), from Sat. night to Wednesday (p. 125) ! Bens friends (Martin Smalls) trio (piano, violin, cello) will play the music; the violinist is female; an original piece of three movements followed by the wedding march at the ceremony (#17: Including Alice, pp. 41ff. & chap. 5) and they also play at the reception (p. 93) ! Relatives in attendance: o Uncle Milt, Aunt Sally, and Carol fly in on Thursday night; Carol stays at Less apt. until she returns home on Monday (p. 125); Milt and Sally at the Holiday Inn in Silver Spring (p. 50) until Dads on honeymoon, then aunt and uncle take care of Alice at the house (p. 105); leave early Wed. morning (p. 125)
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    o Sylvias sister Nancy flies into Dulles on Thursday afternoon and they spend that evening together with Sylvias college roommate, Lois (p. 52); Lois and Nancy stay at Sylvias place when in town for wedding (p. 105), until Nancy departs on Tuesday (p. 125) and Lois departs on Wednesday evening after pulling her belly-dancer-mannequin gag o Uncles Harold and Howard and their wives all drive up, toting Grandpa McKinley, not making the rehearsal in time but joining everybody for dinner afterward at the hotel (p. 56); return home Sunday (p. 125) o Sylvias brother Kirk, his wife, and his daughter Margaret (fly in; p. 17), who makes Alice nervous with all her instructions; they fly home Saturday night (p. 106) Sylvias friends throw her a Girls Night Out party the Wednesday before the wedding beauty treatments at Elizabeth Arden followed by dinner out; Dad isnt having a bachelor party (pp. 45, 49) Thursday night: Sylvia, Nancy, and Lois spend a quiet night together; Sally and Milt take Dad out to dinner (p. 52) Friday night: rehearsal dinner in a private dining room of the hotel where Dads family is staying; Sylvia is radiant in a green and gold dress (p. 56) Alice gets ready with all the women at Sylvias house (pp. 6669); white stretch limo arrives at Sylvias at 10:30 and carries bride, Alice, Lois, Margaret, and her mother to the church (Kirk picks up Nancy and Sylvias teacher friends evidently take their own cars) (p. 69) Ceremony: o Held at the church tucked in the woods (#17, p. 70) on Cedar Lane in Bethesda, where the couple first met at the sing-along (#16: Patiently Alice, p. 3); church has a Brides Room (p. 70), a glass-surrounded sanctuary (where the ceremony is held and where pictures are taken (pp. 70, 75, 80), a stone chapel at one end (p. 81), a lounge area (p. 81) o Clusters of teal, royal blue, and ivory ribbons at end of each row in the sanctuary (p. 73) o Alice allowed to invite 10 friends (Liz, Pam, Gwen, Patrick, Lori, Karen, Jill, Mark, Brian, and Justin) (pp. 1011)leaves out those who dont know Sylvia and purposely omits Penny; Pam and Liz sit in 3rd row (p. 76); Mark and Brian stand by the doors to act as bouncers if Sorringer shows up o Since so many of Sylvias students want to come and for all of Alices friends who arent invited to reception (about 70 of them in all), cookies and punch are served in the lounge area afterward, and the kids bring music and dance o Alice drops her clutchholding things Sylvia might needon way down aisle, but Patrick picks it up and takes care of it for her (p. 74) o Guests were asked to remain seated during the procession (p. 75) o Ceremony is mix of traditional and modern language (p. 75) o Jim Sorringer arrives right before the vows but doesnt interfere (p. 76) o Theres a receiving line for all the kids (p. 83), at the end of which is Jim (p. 84), but he doesnt make a scene o Alice stays a little longer at the church with Lois, who drives her and her friends over to the reception (p. 87), and Alice luckily missed the receiving line (p. 93) Reception: o At least 60 people invited (p. 8): Sylvias teacher friends & significant others; Dads employees and instructors & their significant others; a few customers; some of Sylvias childhood friends; relatives; and Alice was allowed 3 friends only (Liz, Pam, and Gwenbut when Liz decides to go meet Ross, Alice invites Patrick instead [p. 91]) o Held at the Hyatt (p. 80) in a large private room, with 8 tables sitting 10 each, tablecloths the colors of the wedding (p. 93)
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    o Family sits at the head table (p. 93), Lester starts off with a toast (p. 94); Alice is allowed to have a bit of champagne (p. 94) and dances up a storm (p. 96) o Menu: crab cakes, lobster salad, filet mignon sandwiches (p. 95), cake (p. 102) o Trio plays only during greeting period, then Mr. Parks takes over at the mike, playing CDs for the rest of the reception, the first dance being to Ben and Sylvias song, which Mr. Parks sings (p. 95); most of the music is slow and danceable, the kind Sylvia and Ben like (p. 101); Les and Carol teach everyone a new dance (p. 102) o Patrick and Mr. Everett leave early, about the same time (p. 102) o Alices uncles load the gifts in their car to transport them to the house, but Alice is dismayed when Dad and Sylvia leave without finding her (p. 103) about a half hour before the reception ends (p. 106); feels better when she gets home and discovers Sylvias gift and note (p. 108) Gifts to bride and groom (Alice helps them open gifts from guests and keeps list for thankyou notes [p. 144]): o From Alice: makes them a hand-embroidered gift: monogrammed (BMS) (with M in teal, other letters in royal blue) white percale sheet set, with flowers and doves (in greens and golds) as circular border (pp. 1112) o From Les: clock with face embedded in burled wood (p. 12) o From Marilyn: leather-bound copy of Messiah, inscribed with names and date in gold (p. 29)

    3. Carols Wedding (All from #22: Intensely Alice; wedding takes place in chap. 7) ! Saturday, July 11, in Chicago (p. 8) ! Alice subs as bridesmaid when Joans morning sickness prevents her (p. 44) ! Alice moves up her flight to OHare from Friday to Wednesday (p. 45); Dad drives her to the airport, she flies United nonstop (p. 55); Uncle Milt picks her up (p. 65); suitcase gets lost (but delivered by late that night) ! Attire: o Bridesmaids dresses (in lilac, apple green, turquoise, and [Alices] peach): more like a sundress than a gown, short, clingy, gathered wide Lycra band at waist, narrow shoulder straps with bit of ruffle along edge, very low round neckline (p. 71); Sally alters it to fit better; Carol gives Alice the dress to thank her for coming out early and filling in o Carol gives each bridesmaid earrings for the wedding, no necklaces needed (p. 55) o Bridal gown of tulle and ivory silk slim skirt, with strapless lace bodicekind of frilly, as an homage to Sally, who didnt get to celebrate Carols first wedding with her (p. 82) o Groomsmen in black tuxes (p. 89) ! Bachelorette party is the Wed. night Alice flies in (p. 72): Anne, Heather, Becky, Alice, and Carol are driven to Pollys Place, then Gossip by Charlieplay games, dance, complete the list (all details in chap. 6) ! Ben and Sylvia arrive on Friday, Les takes a separate flight that gets in a few hours before rehearsal dinner; Ben and Sylvia stay in spare room; Alice moves from there to the trundle bed in Carols room; Les is in the basement; Les returns home on Sunday (p. 94) while the other three stay until late Monday afternoon ! McKinleys give the couple a set of Irish linens and a check for their wedding gift (p. 55) ! Rehearsal dinner Friday night ! About 250 people come to the church ceremony (not all of them go to the reception too) Carol and Larry have lots of friends (p. 87) ! Reception at a nearby hotel (p. 89)
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    Dad gives a great toast, followed by Milts touching speech, then tipsy Sally is saved from embarrassing herself by Lester, who gallantly interrupts her and takes over with a made-up funny anecdote about a childhood sleepover he had with Carol (pp. 9091) The couple leave the following day for their honeymoon in Greece (p. 94)

    4. Mark Stedmeisters Death & Funeral (All from #22: Intensely Alice) ! Dies around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18 (summer before senior year), at a light on Macon Drive, waiting to take a left turn onto Randolph Road with his blinker on, when a delivery truck ran into him from behind, an SUV in front of him (pp. 240241, 244, 249) ! Pronounced dead on the scene (p. 249) ! Driver was 67-year-old male, Rodney Johnson, taken to Holy Cross Hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries; SUV driver unhurt (p. 250); not drunk or high, might have fallen asleep or had a ministroke (p. 251) ! Alice finds out at 8:22 p.m. in a call from Elizabeth, who was herself called by Keeno ! A neighbor is initially at the Stedmeister house accepting calls; by the time Ben calls, the minister is there with Marks parents, his mother is sedated ! The girls gather at Lizs that night, with Keeno, Dad and Sylvia, and Mr. and Mrs. Price ! Alice saw him just the night beforethe gang went to Gepettos for dinner, and he was wearing an inmates shirt (p. 243) ! Neighbors start a list for dinner deliveries; Sylvia gets on for next week ! On Wednesday night around nine, 18 kidsall of whom have enjoyed the Stedmeister pool in the pastgather outside the house and silently pay tribute for about an hour to his generous parents, who come out and ask them to sit at the pool for a bit and have some lemonade (pp. 245247) ! Memorial forms at the site of the crash (p. 248) ! Post publishes a brief story on the accident (pp. 249250) ! Mark was still 16 at time of his death, so had to be just about 17 (p. 249) ! Church funeral on Sunday, August 23 (pp. 252255): Patrick flies in for the service; Pams dad comes with her; an uncle speaks on behalf of the family, then a neighbor, then Patrick speaks, representing his friends ! Alice goes to the cemetery too, after Patrick leaves, with the others (p. 256), but they all let the adults attend the gathering at the community center ! Kids agree to take turns regularly visiting Marks parents just to check in on them (p. 256); the four girls make their first joint visit on Sunday, August 30 (p. 266) ! Marks dad plants an October Sunset maple tree in his sons memory in the backyardat back of driveway, where Mark used to tinker with cars (p. 267) ! 11 kids have Christmas Day dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Stedmeister in Alices senior year; his parents have turned his bedroom into a photo gallery of his whole life (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 302) ! Alice finally writes her tribute article to Mark for The Edge on New Years Eve (#23: Alice in Charge, p. 318) 5. Chesapeake Bay Seascape Cruise Job (All from #25: Alice on Board) ! Summer after high school graduation: Alice, Pam, Liz, Gwen, and Yolanda ! Training begins on the Friday afternoon of graduation (June 1, 2012) ! Initial stint is scheduled from June 3 to August 1210 one-week cruises from Baltimore to Norfolk and points in betweenbut aborted at end of July, after only 8 of the 10 cruises,
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    when the generator breaks down and too many additional obstacles cause the cruise line to go defunct (so Alice & Co. are on the Seascape from Friday, June 1, to Saturday, July 28; job officially ends on Sunday, July 29) Seascape is three stories high, white, with four decks (low to high): main deck (galley, dining room, gift shop, rooms that open onto inner hallway), lounge deck, Chesapeake deck (where pilothouse is, captains quarters, library), observation deck (deck chairs, exercise bikes, shaded area); no elevator; no pool; Internet access throughout ship when its sailing (p. 50); one of two refurbished ships on a new cruise line, though Spellbound not ready till fall; formerly Sinbad; none of the summer cruises sold out (needed for new line to break even) Lowest level: crew quarters, engine room, storeroom, laundry room, machine shop (p. 14) Itinerary: departs on Sunday afternoons from Baltimore Harbor: o 1st day: passengers start boarding at 1:00 p.m.; welcome reception in lounge; sail out by early evening/dinnertime (pp. 30, 167) o 2nd day (Monday): wake up in Norfolk port of call; captains dinner that night, preceded by reception/greeting in lounge o 3rd day (Tuesday): docked at Yorktown/Williamsburg by morning; stay there pretty late into the night (p. 183) o 4th day (Wednesday): Crisfield/Tangier Island o 5th day (Thursday): Oxford o 6th day (Friday): St. Michaels o 7th day (Saturday): Annapolis; farewell dinner that night (always lobster and filet mignon, p. 200) Sunday: bags outside staterooms by 6:00 a.m., all passengers out of the rooms by 9:00 a.m. Lowest-paying line the girls researched 100+ passengers per cruise (p. 227) Front office/headquarters of cruise line on Charles Street in Baltimore (p. 232) Rules: no cell phones on your person during work hours; no perfume All 10 female stewards stay together in one large cabin of 5 bunk beds, with a couch, TV, one communal bathroom, 3 dressers Crew: captain (Captain Haggerty); first mate (Ken); engineer (Frank); cruise director (Stephanie); chef (Carlo); assistant chef; crew chief (Quinton) and his wife, Dianne, the purser; then 10 female stewards, 10 male stews, and 8 male deckhands Alice spends first two cruises on housekeeping duty in mornings (cleaning 15 staterooms a day), on busing duty for dinner (galley slave: clearing dishes, scraping them clean, hosing them down for dishwasher), until shes allowed to progress to breakfast/lunch waitressing (p. 102); by 3rd week, she and Pam are on breakfast and lunch serving duty (setting tables, welcoming passengers, taking their orders, vacuuming up afterwards, then immediately setting for lunch) and turndown shift (turn down beds, distribute next days program, chocolates on pillows), so no break until late afternoon, around 3:00, but easy thereafter (p. 131); on dinner service duty the week Pams parents are aboard, the 6th cruise (p. 162) Job prematurely ends on Sunday, July 29, after generator breaks down 3rd night into 8th cruise; Seascape has to be towed back to Baltimore by Samuel Dawes (FridaySaturday)

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