by Laura Harrington (Author)
A Boston Globe bestseller
"Nothing less than a fully realized vision of a young complicated girl." --
Entertainment WeeklyTomboy Alice Bliss is heartbroken when she learns that her father, Matt, is being deployed to Iraq. Matt will miss seeing Alice blossom into a full-blown teenager: she'll learn to drive, join the track team, go to her first dance, and fall in love--all while trying to be strong for her mother, Angie, and her precocious little sister. But the phone calls from her father are never long enough. At once universal and very personal, Alice Bliss is a profoundly moving story about those who are left at home during wartime and a small-town teenage girl bravely facing the future.
Author Biography
Laura Harrington is an award-winning playwright, lyricist, and librettist. She teaches playwriting at MIT and lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 0.7 x 7.6 x 5 IN
Publication Date: May 29, 2012
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Alice Bliss
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 13
