Book: Alice on Board
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher: Atheneum Books For Young
Readers
Pages: 288
Grade Level: 8th Grade and Up
Rating: 2 Stars
This is the 27th book in the Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Alice and her friends are hired to work on a
cruise ship and have one final big adventure the summer before they go their
separate ways and start college. The girls have to learn to weather many a
storm and keep it together under stressful conditions – so much for smooth
sailing!
This was my first encounter with Alice McKinley and I found her to be
extremely boring. I was more interested in many of the references to previous
books and situations than the summer working on the cruise (which had potential
to be extremely adventurous!) After 26 books full of girl drama, teen
pregnancy, death, marriage and more, it must have been time for Alice and her
friends to have the most lackluster voyage four friends could have on a cruise
ship. This book was excellently written, but I would definitely recommend
choosing a different Alice book if you want to start this series.
