Ally's World is a series of books written for young adults by Karen McCombie. The first book, The Past, The Present, And The Loud, Loud Girl was first published in the UK in 2001 by Scholastic. The series consists of fourteen books, not including several spin-offs.
They focus around the Love family and are written from the view of 13 year old Ally. It tells of the family dramas and friendship crisis she has as she grows up in London, England. It is set out as a story for her traveling mother about what her children have been up to in case she ever returns.
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