Naylor enjoys spending vacations in the mountains or at the ocean with her family. The Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. The Agony of Alice is the debut novel of. She writes for both children and adults and is the author of more than one hundred and thirty-five books, including the Alice series, which Entertainment Weekly has called 'tender' and 'wonderful.' In 1992 her novel Shiloh won the Newbery Medal. I didnt want to get off, but I was terrified of what was over the next hill' (Naylor, 1989, p.2). To be specific, Alice McKinleythe intrepid heroine of Phyllis Reynolds Naylors long running childrens/YA series. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor includes many of her own growing-up experiences in the Alice books. Os livros de Phyllis Reynolds Naylor apareceram nas listas anuais de livros mais desafiantes com maior frequência que qualquer outro autor do século XXI. PHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR spent her own teenage years in Joliet, Illinois, but she set the Alice books in suburban Maryland, where she and her husband raised their two sons, Jeff and Michael. Summary: 'So the Summer of the First Boyfriend-the first real boyfriend-stretched out before me like a roller coaster. Com este novo livro – Shiloh, o primeiro de uma trilogia – a autora recebeu a Medalha de Ouro John Newsbery para a melhor obra de Literatura Infanto-Juvenil Americana publicada em 1992. Her mother died when she was four - how can her father and her nineteen-year-old brother. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ( Anderson, Indiana, 4 de janeiro de 1933) é uma escritora estadunidense mais conhecida por ser a autora da trilogia para crianças Shiloh (vencedor da Newbery Medal de 1992), Shiloh Season e Saving Shiloh, todos transformados em filmes.Įscreveu já mais de uma centena de livros, entre os quais se contam os da série 'Alice', publicada pela Editorial Verbo, que recebeu o prémio Notable Children’s Books atribuído pela Associação de Bibliotecários Americanos. Theres a lot about growing up thats confusing to Alice McKinley. Uma foto de Phyllis Reynolds Naylor em sua cadeira de escrita, 2011