Alice McKinley is finding that fifth grade is full of mysteries.

Mystery #1: Where has her best friend Sarah's family disappeared to?
Mystery #2: Why is her father going to a concert with a WOMAN?
Mystery #3: Isn't a period what's at the end of a sentence?
Mystery #4: How can Lester go to the prom with a broken leg?
Mystery #5: How exactly are babies made?

Alice isn't too sure about any of these things, but on top of doing her homework, playing with Oatmeal, trying to keep Lester's girlfriends straight, and setting her dad up with the school nurse, she's determined to get to the bottom of them!

The last of the prequels to the beloved Alice series, Lovingly Alice lets younger readers get to know the girl everyone wants to be friends with and proves once again that Phyllis Reynolds Naylor understands all the fun of being a girl.