Alice in-between - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

In the spring of year 8, Alice decides she is 'in-between' - neither child nor woman. She waits for beauty to blossom - but realises that 'in-between' may not be such a bad place to be, when Pamela acts too old for her age during a trip to Chicago and attracts some unwanted attention. Alice is glad that she's a teenager at last, but she's also happy that she does not yet have to face some of the problems - mostly with girls - that her brother faces, or even her father. For anyone who is in-between (and who isn't?), this is a book to savour.