Mary Alice Dowdel
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Joey Dowdel
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Mary Alice turned back. "You look good," she said. "The hat's dumb, but you look good."
"So do you." Though I'd never noticed before, Mary Alice was going to be quite a nice-looking girl. I supposed boys would be hanging around her pretty soon. It was a thought I'd never had. (7.48-49)
When Joey and Mary Alice are both decked out in vintage finery, they realize that they have both grown up quite a bit in the past years. Soon, Joey will be off to join the Air Force and Mary Alice will be a teenage girl with boys stopping by to ask her out on dates.