![]() ![]() A Girl Called Al has some of the precocious sting of Ellen Grae and the benefit of a contemporary happy-family girl (forever nameless) to put it into perspective. ![]() When he died was the only time I saw Al cry and her mother even broke a date to stay with her that night-I guess she understood how special Mr. And when Al was really getting fat he substituted carrot sticks for bread and sugar (and said nothing, which was nice). Richards taught us how to build a bookcase. I introduced them and when Al wasn't allowed to take shop at school Mr. Richards, assistant superintendent in our building. Her name is Al, not Alexandra Al’s real name is Alexandra, but she hates it. Keogh at school (who doesn't call her Alexandra, which she hates) and Mr. ![]() ""I don't always know what she is talking about"" even though we're both in the seventh grade but we're best friends and we like the same people-like Mr. She comes to our house for dinner a lot, especially when her mother (who's divorced) goes out. A seventh-grade girl, her slightly overweight girl friend, Al, and the assistant superintendent of their apartment building form a mutually needed friendship with. My friend Al the nonconformist says she has a high I.Q. Buy a cheap copy of A Girl Called Al book by Constance C. ![]()
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