Alex is a young girl (starts at around 8 years old and ages a bit through the series) who just can't seem to keep out of trouble. Seemingly innocuous decisions have a tendency to snowball out of her control, despite her best intentions to get things back on track. Her patient parents help her to see what she could have done differently and what she should learn from her mistakes.

This book survived my childhood with me, and I read it so many times. I remember having such a sense of camaraderie with Alex back then. The dark places and heart-pounding situations that she got into felt very real. I could easily imagine myself having the same struggles trying to correct my bad choices on my own. There are scenes during which she snuck around and hid in dark places that have really stuck with me over the years.

This book series is pretty old, and I don't think they're in print anymore (first one came out in 1987). If you have an opportunity to pick up any of the Alex series books, I recommend them. They're short, quick reads that children will be able to connect to. ( )

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