Author: Jennifer Mathieu Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
　　Healy, Texas, is a small town where everyone knows each other's business, and the scandals that unfold around Alice Franklin are no exception. The book is told from alternating points of view, and four of Alice's classmates provide accounts of heavy drinking and rumors about Alice's promiscuity. Readers are told that the title character had sex with two boys at the same party, sent obsessive texts that led to the death one of the boys, and had an abortion. As the story unfolds, Alice is called a slut and a skank, is abandoned by her best friend, is ostracized by everyone, and endures a "slut stall" in the girl's bathroom filled with derogatory graffiti. As more is revealed, each narrator shares elements of culpability for the rumors and mistreatment of Alice, and teens are introduced to the potential damage that rumors and lies bring. Though certain participants in the rumor mill feel bad and readers get the sense that Alice heals from the horrible events while developing a meaningful relationship, the treatment of such serious topics is cursory at best.
　　德克萨斯州的希利镇中没有隔墙的秘密，当然有关爱丽丝·富兰克林的丑闻也毫不例外。这本小说的叙述者——四个爱丽丝的同学——轮换讲述了关于爱丽丝的酗酒以及滥交的谣言。然而随着更多的情节被揭露，每一个叙述者似乎都对爱丽丝的丑闻和受虐经历承担部分责任，青少年也了解到谣言和谎言带来的可能伤害。