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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2010
Gr 8-10 Alice's final year of high school is neatly sliced in half with this segment covering fall semester's joys and challenges. The difficulty of returning to school after her friend Mike's death in a car accident is tempered with the excitement of being features editor on the school newspaper. The loneliness caused by Patrick attending college in Chicago has counterpoints such as daring to skinny-dip in a stranger's hot tub on Halloween and getting to know a Sudanese refugee from school who asks her to th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2010
Seventeen-year-old Alice begins her first semester of senior year juggling the usual: homework, extracurricular activities, family, friends, a long-distance relationship, work at the Melody Inn, and anxiety about the future (i.e., college). But this twenty-fifth book in the long-running series also includes some unexpected drama. The unwelcome discovery of a group of white supremacist s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
The school newspaper staff, including Alice, has a decision to make: acknowledge anonymous comments from a white supremacist hate grou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More