Your Old Pal, Al

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Dell, 1981 - Juvenile Fiction - 149 pages
While Al impatiently awaits letters from her father and his new wife and from a boy named Brian, her best friendship is threatened by the arrival of a house guest.

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Section 1
10
Section 2
13
Section 3
32
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About the author (1981)

Constance C. Greene was a children's book author. She was born in New York City on October 27, 1924. She was from a family of writers. In the 1940s, she attended Skidmore College. During World War II, she was a reporter for the Associated Press. She was the author of 25 books for young readers. Her first and best-known book was A Girl Called Al (1969). It was an American Library Association Notable Book. Beat the Turtle Drum (1976) was made into an ABC Afterschool Special. Some of her other books included Isabelle the Itch, Leo the Lioness, Star Shine, Ask Anybody, Al(exandra) the Great, and I Know You, Al. She also published an adult novel entitled Other Plans. Constance C. Greene died at the Connecticut Hospice on April 7, 2021. She was 96.

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