A review by ifthebook
Alice in Charge by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

3.0

I get that these books present a great role model for girls. And I appreciate that Phyllis Reynolds Naylor tackles a lot of subjects in them so that there’s a lot for people to relate to. I also appreciate that she has a lesbian couple present in several of her books. I’d like to see her do more with that, though. I feel like her portrayal of them right now is currently rather stereotypical. In this book, one of the girls talks about how she played with trucks as a kid and never wanted to wear dresses. I know that this is indeed the experience of many lesbians, but it’s also not the experience of many others, and you see a lot less of them in YA literature. I’d like to see more of them, and I think Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has the chops to do it.