What Year Was She Born?

Hey, I was just wondering what year Alice, Lester, her dad and Sylvia were all born. Also that of her friends.

That’s a little hard to say, because Alice grows up only a third as fast as you do.  Sort of.  The first Alice book was published in 1985, I think, and she was around eleven then.  By that standard, she would be about 25 now.  But by the time she reached seventh or eighth grade, I began writing three books for every year of her life.  Each time I write a new book, I start off with the age she was in the last book, and if that book occurs during the spring of the year, then she has another birthday.  Go figure.