Description: Sixteen-year-old Alice is outraged when her father signs her up for a class on sexuality at their church without her permission. But what Alice learns this year surprises her as she begins to realize that there's a lot more to being an adult than getting a driver's license or having a boyfriend.

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Children's Literature Review: To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: Alice is an old friend to many readers now (there are more than 20 titles in this series) and this latest episode of her funny, poignant adventures growing up will be eagerly welcomed. In this volume, it's the winter term of Alice's sophomore year. She is about to turn 16, and she can't wait to get her driver's license; her long-suffering brother Lester is trying to teach her how to drive. Alice is now contending with braces, and with a new boyfriend who is romantic but needy. When her father signs her up for a class in sexuality at their church, she is initially horrified, but discovers she has a lot to learn about relationships. A class trip to New York City offers the opportunity for sneaking out on an unsupervised, after-hours tour of the town; all ends well for Alice, but her friend Pamela gets intimate with an older boy on the trip (she gives him oral sex, we learn) and then is distraught when he dumps her. Pamela is also ...

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