I found and reread an old book I never owned (I don't think) but I remembered it.

"Novellum: A Girl Called Al by Constance C Greene"

https://ianwoodnovellum.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-girl-called-al-by-constance-c-greene.html?m=1

"A girl called Al : Greene, Constance C : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/girlcalledal00greerich/page/76/mode/1up

I read "A Girl Called Al," "I Know You Al," "Your Old Pal, Al" and I owned "Al(exandra) the Great."