[Al 03] • Your Old Pal, Al · the Al Series, Book Three

**Unwilling to wait for a boy to write to her, Al takes the reins**

Al has two big problems in her life, and both have to do with her mailbox—or more specifically, her *empty *mailbox. A few months ago, her father’s new wife promised that Al could spend the summer with them, but Al still hasn’t received a written invitation. Even worse, the cute boy she met at her father’s wedding said he would write, but Al hasn’t even gotten a short note from him. What’s a girl to do when she’s waiting to hear from a boy? For a girl like Al, it’s easy: She’ll write to him!

But writing a letter to a boy turns out to be harder than she thought. She can’t let him know that she likes him, so signing the letter *Your old pal, Al* should do the trick, right? Now if she could only work up the courage to send the letter . . .