Alice Next Door is an Irish children's novel written by Judi Curtin and illustrated by Woody Fox.

[1] The story revolves around an Irish twelve-year-old girl called Megan Sheehan, whose best friend, Alice O'Rourke, has just moved away from Limerick to Dublin with her younger brother Jamie and her domineering mother.

Although Megan can e-mail Alice and call her every Saturday, she has difficulties dealing with her exasperating mother and arch-enemy Melissa on her own.

To make up for this, Sheila takes Megan to Dublin for five and a half hours, where she can spend the day with Alice.

Once the Hallowe'en holidays come around, Alice travels down to Limerick for three days to stay with her father, Megan's next-door neighbour.