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Discovering the real story of a young life

"Alice By Accident" is a heartwarming novel for children that explores the challenges faced by a young girl as she tries to navigate the complexities of her family life. The book is perfect for children who are struggling with family changes and can help them understand that it's okay to feel confused or overwhelmed. The most unique and distinctive aspect of the book is the character of Gene who manages to change Alice's life in ways that are both complicated and rewarding.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780007143870
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date of Publication: 2003-05-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Young Readers, Chapter Books
Related Topics: Middle Grade, Humor, Realistic Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.3
(rated by 77 readers)

Description

Nine-year-old Alice must write about herself for a school assignment, and in doing so, she sorts out her feelings about her somewhat prickly single mother, the father she has never met, her flamboyant paternal grandmother and the rest of her sometimes confusing life.


Alice doesn't see how she can write her life story as a class assignment.. How can she fit nine years into a couple of pages? Her pets have died and the only family she has is her mother. Until recently she had a beloved interfering grandmother - Gene - but she's gone from Alice's life. Besides, Alice discovered ages ago she was born by accident, and that's the sort of private thing you don't write about for school. Alice does the assignment but she thinks it's boring, until she discovers a need to write about her true life - the exciting, complicated and private of her life. She writes how Gene came along, how she changed Alice's life, making it richer in experience but also more complicated. She records ongoing quarrels between Gene and her mother which ended with the Big Row and now she can't see Gene any more.


Lynne Reid Banks has written a truly compelling story of a creative child caught in the middle of a difficult but very real and increasingly common situation.


Author: Lynne Reid Banks
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 192
Publisher: HarperCollins s
Publication Date: 06 May 2003
 

Discovering the real story of a young life

"Alice By Accident" is a heartwarming novel for children that explores the challenges faced by a young girl as she tries to navigate the complexities of her family life. The book is perfect for children who are struggling with family changes and can help them understand that it's okay to feel confused or overwhelmed. The most unique and distinctive aspect of the book is the character of Gene who manages to change Alice's life in ways that are both complicated and rewarding.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.