Alice in April Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ?April is the cruelest month," said the poet, and Alice McKinley would agree. It begins with Aunt Sally reminding her that she will soon be thirteen (as if anyone could forget something so important) and that she will be the ?woman of the house.? Alice dives into her new role by planning her father?s fiftieh birthday party?and telling everyone i... more »n the family to get a physical. But that means Alice herself will have to disrobe at the doctor's! Then there's the latest crisis at school, where the boys have begun to match each girl with the name of a state, according to its geography -- mountains or no mountains!? Will flat, flat Delaware or Louisiana be her fate? Alice lives in fear that it might be, though even worse is the fear that she might not get a name at all.« less