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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $19.95 (672p) ISBN 978-0-689-03028-4
First published in the 1980s and early '90s, and reissued with photographic covers in 2001, a quartet of the Alice books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor are now available in a boxed set of paperbacks, The World of Alice. In The Agony of Alice, Alice...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $16 (202p) ISBN 978-0-689-31333-2
George's ambitious parents are always pushing him to be someone he's not. When it's time to apply to college, his father, a partner in a law firm, will only be satisfied if George goes to Harvard, Yale or Princeton. Fighting back the only way he...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $16.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-31355-4
Andy wants to win the annual fifth grade essay contest and get his picture in the local paper more than anything in the world. He thinks he has a pretty good chance, even though his ancient rival, his cousin Jack, will be competing for it, too. The...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Putnam Publishing Group $17.95 (270p) ISBN 978-0-399-13198-1
Written with an ear for idiom, an eye for comedy and a heart that delights in the graces and foibles of its two protagonists, this unlikely love story unites April Ruth Bates, 16-year-old sister of the town's two classiest prostitutes, with Foster...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Starfire $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-27131-7
All of his friends have gone off to college, but George needs time to establish his independence, in this wry, sensitive look at living up to the expectations of others. Ages 10-up. (May)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $16 (166p) ISBN 978-0-689-31466-7
Returning to the setting of The Agony of Alice , Naylor gives readers a wry and poignant depiction of what Alice's father calls ``The Summer of the First Boyfriend.'' Having lost her mother early in life, Alice must rely on her friends Pamela and...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Yearling Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-40514-6
PW enjoyed the ``good spooky fun'' and ``spine-tingling sense of foreboding'' in the latest installment of Lynn and Mouse's ongoing battle with the malevolent Mrs. Tuggle--here, her spirit menaces the youngsters via her glass eye. Ages 9-12. (Oct.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $16 (231p) ISBN 978-0-689-31582-4
This rambling novel contains an odd mixture of trite and poignant elements. Though the plot manages to incorporate nearly every cliche of the rural coming-of-age story, the result is surprisingly endearing. Moving at an unhurried pace, Naylor's tale
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Yearling Books $3.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-440-40462-0
PW said, ``Returning to the setting of The Agony of Alice , Naylor gives readers a wry and poignant tale. At the end of the summer Alice has become a very special person, and readers will have followed her escapades with eagerness and empathy.''...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Puffin Books $3.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-14-034859-0
This poignant coming-of-age story concerns Beth, 15, who feels stifled in her rural home--and by her seven siblings--and plots a suitable course of action. Ages 12-up. (Jan.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author . S&S/Aladdin , 4.99 ISBN (240p) ISBN 978-0-689-84261-0
Naylor here tackles the timely subject of militia movements. PW
wrote, "The issues and the characters are developed fairly and the plot builds solidly past a surprise climax to a credibly optimistic resolution." Ages 10-14. (June)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $15.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-82636-8
A bounty of spring sequels furthers story lines and features favorite characters. Alice, the beloved star of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's popular series, survives unexpected challenges during the summer between 9th and 10th grade in Patiently Alice.
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-385-32738-1
In the eighth book of the series starring the Hatford boys and Malloy girls, the sexes do battle on the baseball diamond, then challenge one another to a bottle race down the Buckman River for the title of king or queen for a day in The Girls...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-689-84395-2
Alice fans (and their younger friends) are in for a treat as Phyllis Reynolds Naylor turns back the clock on the popular series hero: Starting with Alice documents the ups and downs of Alice's third-grade year. Two additional prequels are planned,
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Yearling Books $4.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-440-40752-2
This 1992 Newbery Medal winner revolves around an 1 1 -year-old boy who finds an abused dog near his West Virginia hills home; PW noted that this heartwarming novel should win new fans for the popular Naylor. Ages 812. (Sept.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Yearling Books $3.25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-40685-3
Naylor winningly chronicles Alice's further exploits--here, she contends with seventh grade, her brother and widowed father. Ages 10-up. (Sept.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-385-32737-4
It's the Hatfords versus the Malloys (again) in Newbery-winner Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's The Boys Return. This time it's spring break and the Hatford boys team up with the Benson brothers to plan a ruthless prank against the sisters, schemers in...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $16 (240p) ISBN 978-0-689-82634-4
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's well-loved adolescent everygirl returns as a ninth-grader in Alice Alone. Here Alice unhappily though perhaps not permanently breaks up with her longtime boyfriend, Patrick, and then, as everyone gossips about it,...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $16 (192p) ISBN 978-0-689-82007-6
The prolific Naylor (the Shiloh trilogy; the Alice series) combines elements of Brigadoon and Lost Horizon with little-known historical lore to create a haunting story of a youth's journey from dissolution to wholeness. Numb with grief after his...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $4.99 (131p) ISBN 978-0-689-81672-7
Alice seeks a role model and keeps a journal of life's embarrassments; for a class project, she plans her wedding. Ages 9-13. (Aug.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $16.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-689-31681-4
Likeable Alice McKinley is back in this honest and funny portrayal of the ups and downs of seventh grade. Having survived her ``summer of the first boyfriend,'' Alice is determined to start off the school year as everyone's friend. But in the first...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author . S&S/ Atheneum $16.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-689-85220-6
In this taut novel set in 1941 North Dakota, Naylor (Shiloh; the Alice books) brings together a number of freak occurrences—and joins them so skillfully that her story pulses with drama. Separate narrative strands introduce Kate Sterling, a...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (197p) ISBN 978-0-689-85380-7
PW
enjoyed the "good spooky fun" and "spine-tingling sense of foreboding" in the latest installment of Lynn and Mouse's ongoing battle with the malevolent Mrs. Tuggle. Ages 8-12. (Sept.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author . S&S/ Atheneum $15.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-689-84397-6
Readers need not be familiar with Alice, the effervescent star of the perennially popular series for the 12 and up set, to relish this encounter in the second of a "prequel" trilogy aimed at a younger audience. Followed through her fourth-gra
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author . Soho $25 (384p) ISBN 978-1-56947-354-2
Naylor's novel about 56-year-old Harry Gill's first year as a widower deals in the minutiae of daily life, focusing on the common but incontrovertibly human emotions surrounding death, marriage and family ties. Harry runs a garden shop in a...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author . Simon Pulse $4.99 (222p) ISBN 978-0-689-85965-6
"Romance problems are not just for royals. This 14th book in the popular Alice series finds the high school freshman looking at relationships in a brand-new way after breaking up with her boyfriend," noted PW
. Ages 12-up. (Nov.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. S&S/Atheneum, $17.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4151-3
Nearly 20 years after Saving Shiloh (1997), Naylor adds a fourth title to the trilogy that began with her Newbery Medal–winning Shiloh. Set a year after Marty and Shiloh were reunited in the previous book, this installment begins with a summer...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Delacorte, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-553-51242-7
It troubles 13-year-old Buck Anderson that he’s keeping his family in the dark about key facets of his life. Buck is being bullied because he stutters; an elderly neighbor, a former speech pathologist, is working with him to reduce his stuttering;...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $15.95 (166p) ISBN 978-0-689-84399-0
Fans of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Alice series here find the fifth-grader navigating new trials and dramas in Lovingly Alice. She learns from her father (begrudgingly) about periods and discusses sex at a slumber party (later poor Dad must clear up...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author . Delacorte $16.99 (280p) ISBN 978-0-385-73615-2
Newbery Medalist Naylor's (Shiloh
) reflective, resonant novel shapes credible portraits of two Kentucky girls participating in a seventh-grade exchange program. Since her parents' house is too cramped, outspoken Ivy June lives nearby with
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $16.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-31614-2
In the tradition of Sounder and Where the Red Fern Grows comes this boy-and-his-dog story set in rural West Virginia. When he finds a mistreated beagle pup, 11-year-old Marty knows that the animal should be returned to its rightful owner. But he...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-689-80646-9
In this second book in Naylor's Shiloh trilogy, the formerly abused beagle and the boy who rescued him fear the abuser's return as hunting season approaches. In a starred review, PW noted, ""Naylor maintains the previous work's lump-in-the-throat...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14 (177p) ISBN 978-0-385-30426-9
In their fifth adventure combating the evil power of local witchcraft, Lynn and Mouse discover that wicked old Mrs. Tuggle may be dead but she's not quite gone. Sinister flowers spring up along the creek where the friends last encountered her dark...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Simon Pulse $12.95 (260p) ISBN 978-0-689-81872-1
Newbery Medalist Naylor offers the story of a teenage girl with a frozen heart; mourning her father's disappearance, she goes to live with her grandmother in the country, only to discover her own strength and her father's secret. Ages 12-up. (Feb.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-689-82002-1
PW
called this period ghost story about an orphaned girl who moves a great distance to live with her only relatives "a satisfying spine-tingler." Ages 10-14. (June)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $17.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-689-82005-2
Although this period ghost story does not measure up to the originality and complexity of Naylor's bewitchingly eerie Sang Spell, it will engage readers (girls especially) looking for pleasantly shivery entertainment. The narrator conforms to the...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Simon Pulse $5.99 (212p) ISBN 978-0-689-82006-9
In a starred review, PW said that the author ""combines elements of Brigadoon and Lost Horizon with little-known historical lore to create a haunting story of a youth's journey from dissolution to wholeness."" Ages 11-up. (Apr.)n
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Atheneum Books $16 (240p) ISBN 978-0-689-82635-1
Romance problems are not just for royals. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Simply Alice, the 14th book in the popular Alice series, finds the high school freshman looking at relationships in a brand-new way after breaking up with her boyfriend. (May)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Phyllis Reynolds, Author Starfire $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-26882-9
That his father may be mentally ill and beyond his family's care is difficult for Nick to accept, in Naylor's penetrating, sensitive novel. Ages 12-up. (October)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Rosalind Charney Kaye, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-81338-2
With understated irony and wit, Naylor introduces a patient wife and her husband, who ""wasn't the worst man in the world, but... wasn't the nicest, either."" On a trip to market, he grumbles when forced to wait while a lass herds geese across the...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Kay Chorao, Illustrator Yearling Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-40644-0
In this first chapter book, Jonathan mistakenly receives a helium shot that enables him to float around town. Ages 5-8. (June)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, illus. by Vivienne To. Atheneum/Dlouhy, $16.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-4814-3779-0
Zack likes visiting his grandparents’ farm with his father, pitching in with chores and enjoying Grandma’s delectable meals. What he doesn’t like is the giant turkey that chases him around the farm, feverishly pecking at his legs. Exasperated, Zack...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Tony DiTerlizzi, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-85066-0
A rare breed of bats invades Middleburg, Ind. (or have they?), that horrible hymn still rings from the belfry (but why?), and Bernie and his friends are determined to figure out why the town's gone batty in Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's Bernie...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Alexandra Boiger, Illustrator , illus. by Alexandra Boiger. Atheneum/Seo $15.95 (115p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0243-0
As Naylor's (Shiloh
) sprightly caper opens, Roxie Warbler and her parents receive a prestigious visitor: her Uncle Dangerfoot. The man has traveled the world with the renowned adventurer and author of Lord Thistlebottom's Book of Pitfalls...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Sally Brown, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $13.95 (179p) ISBN 978-0-385-30157-2
A spine-tingling sense of foreboding saturates the pages of Naylor's ( Witch's Sister ; The Witch Herself ) latest installment of Lynn and Mouse's ongoing battle with the malevolent Mrs. Tuggle. Although the witch herself was killed in the fire that
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Otterman, Author, Barry Moser, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-689-80647-6
It should startle no one that the prolific Naylor (the Alice books) should continue the boy-and-his-dog story begun in her Newbery Medal winner Shiloh--nor will fans be startled that Naylor maintains the previous work's lump-in-the-throat vibrato....
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Kerr, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $5.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-81461-7
The finale to Naylor's Shiloh trilogy ""retains the same flavorful style"" of its predecessors, said PW, and favors a ""high-action plot, involving dead bodies, runaway prisoners and life-and-death rescues."" Ages 8-12. (Feb.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Alan Daniel, Illustrator , illus. by Alan Daniel. S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-83459-2
In this third installment in the Club of Mysteries series, a follow-up to The Grand Escape
and The Healing of Texas Jake, the feline heroes must protect the titular litter and find them homes. Ages 7-10. (Feb.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Alan Daniel, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (176p) ISBN 978-0-689-31805-4
Naylor plunges her forthright and unusually winning series heroine ( All but Alice ) into the middle of seventh grade, when the responsibilities that go with turning 13 loom just ahead. As Alice struggles to assume the role of Woman of the House in...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Alan Daniel, Illustrator Yearling Books $4.5 (144p) ISBN 978-0-440-40636-5
The Newbery Medal winner's thoughtful tale concerns the critical choice facing a 10-year-old Seminole Indian boy treading the line between two cultures. Ages 9-12. (June)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Alan Daniel, Illustrator Yearling Books $3.25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-40608-2
The three rambunctious Megglethorp kids get a rude awakening when their nanny turns out to be a martinet in Mary Poppins clothing. Ages 7-11. (Apr.)
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Jef Kaminsky, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-31966-2
Kids who are apt to feel--or have been made to feel--clumsy will take an immediate shine to bumbling Amy Audrey Perkins, who is ""sort of a klutz."" Knowing her penchant for spilling, stumbling and tripping, Amy's parents prefer to leave her at home
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Jef Kaminsky, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-84116-3
In a starred review of this Newbery Honor book, the first in a series, PW said, ""This effervescent chapter book recounts some memorable moments from the author's early years at an address readers will eagerly revisit in subsequent tales."" Ages 7-10
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Nick Vaccaro, Photographer . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-689-84398-3
This second of a prequel trilogy follows Alice through her fourth-grade year. "As in her best Alice novels, Naylor writes with such wit and insight that she turns the struggles of everyday life into optimistic comedy," according to PW
. Ages
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Shelley Matheis, Illustrator Atheneum Books $13.95 (99p) ISBN 978-0-689-31659-3
Josie and her best friend Sarah possess a distinct talent for constantly getting into trouble, beginning with breaking a rosewood piano bench-- 'It's the worst thing we've ever done,' said Josephine. Thereupon the pair launch a pet- and plant-sitting
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, M.D. Lake, Author, Alan Daniel, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-689-31722-4
The droll escapades of two cat brothers who leave the safe and cozy confines of their home in search of adventure will readily enchant ailurophiles--and perhaps even convert aficionados of things canine. Marco and Polo are the beloved pets of the...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Beauvoir, Author Atheneum Books $16.95 (118p) ISBN 978-0-689-31866-5
For 12-year-old Doug, a two-foot-wide ledge on a Colorado mountainside has been the ``fear place'' ever since he became paralyzed with fright while trying to cross it two years ago, on one of the family's annual camping trips. His brother Gordon,...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Tony Maddox, Illustrator Atheneum Books $13 (32p) ISBN 978-0-689-31902-0
Despite some potentially attractive components-ducklings, a boy who likes to count, a mystery and a rescue mission-this picture book from Newbery Medalist Naylor (Shiloh) is surprisingly lackluster. While having lunch with his mom at a motel, a boy...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Amy Crehore, Illustrator Atheneum Books $16 (240p) ISBN 978-0-689-82939-0
Tackling the subject of militia movements in this timely novel, Naylor (Sang Spell; Shiloh) creates a sympathetic character in her protagonist, Ryan Walker, a Wyoming seventh grader who tentatively explores the weapons-bearing, government-hating,...
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Ana Escriva Lopez, Illustrator, Ana Lopez Escriva, Illustrator , illus. by Ana López Escrivá. S&S/Atheneum $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82561-3
An enterprising bear cub gets his way—at a cost—then figures out how to resolve his predicament in this gently comical tale geared to preschoolers. Percy asks each of his family members if he can bring his toy bears along on their trip
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Phyllis Reynolds Neylor, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-385-32740-4
The ninth book about the Hatford boys and the Malloy girls, Boys in Control by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, finds Eddie Malloy and Jake Hatford gearing up for a championship baseball game on the same day that Mrs. Hatford is slated to run a yard sale.
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author, Sicherman, Author Avon Books $2.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-70485-9
Mystery and farce combine in this tale of disappearingand reappearingcorpses. Ages 8-12. (March)
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Joe Burleson, Illustrator, Rick Barba, Author, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-30601-0
Here a villainous witch--who has been the scourge of a peaceful Indiana town for five previous Naylor novels--is back for a final round. Once again, it is up to Lynn Morley and her best friend Marjorie ``Mouse'' Beasley to fight off the powers of...
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