num_pages: 128
description: A seventh-grade girl, her slightly fat girl friend, Al, and the assistant superintendent of their apartment building form a mutually needed friendship with the usual--and a few unusual--joys and sorrows.
language: English
title: A Girl Called Al
titlecomplete: A Girl Called Al
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Kids, New York, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 237
series: Al
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Puffin