History Literature / AliceSeries

* MyBelovedSmother / OverprotectiveDad: Elizabeth has a pair of these.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: mentioned occasionally throughout the series.

Other characters include Alice's three best friends, [[GoodBadGirl Pamela]], [[TheIngenue Elizabeth]] and [[TheAce Gwen]], her first serious boyfriend, [[TeenGenius Patrick]], her next boyfriend, [[DoggedNiceGuy Sam]], her [[AllWomenArePrudes prudish Aunt Sally]] (who frequently provides a little [[ComicallySerious comic relief]]), [[ReallyGetsAround Lester's many girlfriends]], and her seventh grade Language Arts teacher, [[ParentalSubstitute Miss Summers]], whom she tries to get her father to marry [[spoiler: ([[TheyDo with eventual success]])]]. The Alice series broaches many topics, including relationships, dating, sex, friendship, life problems, families, God, and understanding.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Ben and Sylvia. [[spoiler:TheyDo.]]

* BuxomIsBetter: Pamela apparently has the largest bust size among the girls, while Elizabeth is dealing with ACupAngst and Alice is somewhere in the middle.

* ChickMagnet: %%''Lester''.
** Ben himself appears to be quite the ladies man, attracting the attention of several women throughout the series, including Janice Sherman and Sylvia.

* ShesGotLegs: Gwen, according to Alice and her friends.

* PerkyGoth: [[IllGirl Molly]], a high school friend of Alice's who is later diagnosed with leukemia.

%%* AllWomenAreLustful: ''Pamela'', UpToEleven.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[MegaNekko Janice Sherman]] to [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Ben]], although she's eventually PutOnABus to Toledo.

* AdultFear: Several over the course of the series.
** ''Alice in April'' features a student committing suicide. Even if the family didn't care, it was still a middleschooler who ended their life early.
** [[spoiler: Mark]] dies. That's right, a highschooler dies - and it isn't a suicide this time. Just imagine the horror of living your life and suddenly being told that your teenaged child died because of an accident, no fault of their own.
** Alice puts her father through this in ''Dangerously Alice''. [[spoiler: She goes out for the evening, but is not home by 11 PM. Unbeknownst to her father, she went to a party with some friends after eating, but a car accident occurs nearby and the police gets involved, with interrogations taking up to 1 AM and only then her father is informed of what happened.]]
** Alice is on the receiving end of this when her own son is out for the evening, but doesn't contact her. And then gets a call from the police about her son. [[spoiler: He's fine, just attempted to push a rolling car up a hill with his friends.]]

* MissingMom: Alice.

* SchoolGirlLesbians: Lori and Leslie

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* AllWomenAreLustful: ''Pamela'', UpToEleven.
* AllWomenArePrudes: Aunt Sally, ''and how''.

* BrainlessBeauty: Donald Sheavers.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Pamela.

* CatholicSchoolgirlsRule: subverted with Elizabeth in the later books.
* ChickMagnet: ''Lester''.

* CoolBigSis: Carol, Alice's cousin.
* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Plotkin, Alice's beloved teacher from the sixth grade.
* {{Cool Loser}}s: Alice and her friends, especially in the early books.
* CoolTeacher / ParentalSubstitute: Ms. Summers [[spoiler: who eventually weds Ben and becomes Alice's stepmother in the later books.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Lester.
** [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Grandpa McKinley]], to a lesser extent.

* DumbassTeenageSon: Lester in the prequels.

* FatBestFriend: Rosalind in the prequels.

* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler: Alice ends up marrying Patrick,her first love interest in the original series. He's even the first guy she meets who she's not related to.]]

** Rosalind, Alice's best friend back in Takoma Park.
* GirlNextDoor: Alice herself.
* GoodBadGirl: Pamela Jones, another best friend of Alice's, and arguably the most sensual and

** IJustWantToBeSpecial

The ''Alice Series'' is a ComingOfAge book series written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. There are three prequels to this series. The first one, ''Starting with Alice'', describes Alice in third grade. ''Alice in Blunder land is Alice'' in fourth grade; The final prequel, ''Lovingly Alice'', follows Alice through [[GrowingUpSucks the troubles of fifth grade]]. The first book (after the prequels) is ''The Agony of Alice''.

** Later editions of the books changed some of the references in attempt to modernize. For example in the original books the girls compared their attractive teacher, Mr. Everett, to Robert Redford, while the 2011 re-release changed it to Brad Pitt as most young teens likely wouldn't know who the former was.

* BlackBestFriend: Gwen Wheeler.

* {{Adorkable}}: Alice at certain points.
** [[SociallyAwkwardHero Socially Awkward Heroine]]

The '''''[[ComingOfAgeStory Alice Series]]''''' is a book series written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. There are three prequels to this series. The first one, ''Starting with Alice'', describes Alice in third grade. ''Alice in Blunder land is Alice'' in fourth grade; The final prequel, ''Lovingly Alice'', follows Alice through [[GrowingUpSucks the troubles of fifth grade]]. The first book (after the prequels) is ''The Agony of Alice''.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Pamela, the bubbly, extraverted [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]], Elizabeth, the reserved, [[BrainyBrunette brainy brunette]], and Alice, [[TheProtagonist the protagonist]] and [[RedheadedHeroine redhead]] of the trio.

Other characters include Alice's three best friends, [[GoodBadGirl Pamela]], [[TheIngenue Elizabeth]] and [[TheAce Gwen]], her first serious boyfriend, [[TeenGenius Patrick]], her next boyfriend, [[DoggedNiceGuy Sam]], her [[AllWomenArePrudes prudish Aunt Sally]] (who frequently provides a little [[ComicallySerious comic relief]]), [[ReallyGetsAround Lester's many girlfriends]], and her seventh grade Language Arts teacher, [[ParentalSubstitute Miss Summers]], whom she tries to get her father to marry [[spoiler:([[TheyDo with eventual success]])]]. The Alice series broaches many topics, including relationships, dating, sex, friendship, life problems, families, God, and understanding.

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Not to be confused with ''GoAskAlice'', the 1971 novel by Beatrice Sparks.

The '''''[[ComingOfAgeStory Alice series]]''''' is a book series written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. There are three prequels to this series. The first one, ''Starting with Alice'', describes Alice in third grade. ''Alice in Blunder land is Alice'' in fourth grade; The final prequel, ''Lovingly Alice'', follows Alice through [[GrowingUpSucks the troubles of fifth grade]]. The first book (after the prequels) is ''The Agony of Alice''.

The [[ComingOfAgeStory Alice series]] is a book series written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. There are three prequels to this series. The first one, ''Starting with Alice'', describes Alice in third grade. ''Alice in Blunder land is Alice'' in fourth grade; The final prequel, ''Lovingly Alice'', follows Alice through [[GrowingUpSucks the troubles of fifth grade]]. The first book (after the prequels) is ''The Agony of Alice''.

*** In the final book, Alice's daughter is described to have the same heart-shaped face and green eyes as she.
** LikeMotherLikeDaughter

* WeightWoe: Elizabeth becomes anorexic the summer before her freshman year.
** ForgetsToEat

* MommyIssues: Pamela, who maintains a distant relationship with her mother after she and her father divorce.

Other characters include Alice's three best friends, [[GoodBadGirl Pamela]], [[TheIngenue Elizabeth]] and [[TheAce Gwen]], her first serious boyfriend, [[TeenGenius Patrick]], her next boyfriend, [[DoggedNiceGuy Sam]], her [[AllWomenArePrudes prudish Aunt Sally]] (who frequently provides a little [[ComicallySerious comic relief]]), [[ReallyGetsAround Lester's many girlfriends]], and her seventh grade Language Arts teacher, [[ParentalSubstitute Miss Summers]], whom she tries to get her father to marry [[spoiler:([[TheyDo with eventual success]])]]. The Alice series broaches many topics, including relationships, dating, sex, friendship, life problems, families, God, and understanding. The books have made the ALA (American Library Association) list of most [[UnfortunateImplications challenged books]] for several years, making it to number one on the list in 2003 for their [[ChildrenAreInnocent sexual content]].

* MeetCute: Alice and Patrick first met at a Sears store once Alice accidentally walks in on Patrick trying on underwear.