A change in classroom seating arrangements challenges old habits and leads to a new friendship in this funny new school story from award-winning author Anne Fine. A change in classroom seating arrangements challenges old habits and leads to a new friendship in this funny new school story from award-winning author Anne Fine. At first Ben doesn' t want to sit next to Alice in the classroom. She' s scary and tells him off for his squiggly drawing and poor handwriting. She even points out his bad table manners. But when Ben starts to take Alice' s advice, he realises that she might have a point and discovers that sitting next to her isn' t so bad after all.Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 7.