es ▁Category : Russ ian ▁film ▁actress es ▁Category : S ov iet ▁film ▁actress es ▁Category : Pe ople ' s ▁Art ists ▁of ▁the ▁USS R ▁Category : G eras im ov ▁Institute ▁of ▁Cin emat ography ▁al umn i ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Pol t ava ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ▁Category : Russ ian ▁people ▁of ▁Ukrain ian ▁descent <0x0A> </s> ▁Starting ▁With ▁Alice ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁book ▁in ▁the ▁tr il ogy ▁of ▁pre qu els ▁of ▁the ▁Alice ▁series ▁written ▁by ▁Ph yll is ▁Reyn olds ▁N aylor . ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁and ▁documents ▁the ▁ups ▁and ▁down s ▁of ▁Alice ' s ▁third - grade ▁year . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁begins ▁with ▁Alice ▁McK in ley ▁moving ▁from ▁Chicago ▁to ▁Tak oma ▁Park , ▁Maryland ▁with ▁her ▁single ▁father , ▁Ben , ▁and ▁older ▁brother , ▁L ester . ▁As ▁the ▁new ▁girl ▁in ▁school , ▁she ▁doesn ' t ▁know ▁a ▁single ▁person ▁except ▁for ▁her ▁next - door ▁neighbor ▁Donald ▁She a vers , ▁who ▁is ▁not ▁only ▁a ▁boy , ▁but ▁also ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁little ▁bit ▁peculiar . ▁She ▁gets ▁off ▁to ▁a ▁rough ▁start ▁when ▁she ▁meets ▁three ▁s no oty ▁girls , ▁J ody , ▁Da wn ▁and ▁Meg an , ▁whom ▁Alice ▁nick names ▁" The ▁Ter rible ▁Tri ple ts " ▁after ▁they ▁make ▁it ▁clear ▁they ▁don ' t ▁want ▁to