Alice in Rapture, Sort of by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

It’s the summer holidays and Alice and friends, Elizabeth and Pamela, are learning the secrets of junior high success – including the absolute must of having a boyfriend. Fortunately Alice has Patrick. But Patrick the boyfriend is alot more complicated than Patrick the friend. Somehow life was simpler when they were just friends and Alice didn’t have to worry about the etiquette of kissing or what to buy him for his birthday. A funny, authentic book that deals with the transition from best friend to first boyfriend.