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Author: Susan Juby


AprMay 2004
Miss Smithers
by Susan Juby

Harper Collins Canada $15.99 Paperback
ISBN: 0006392652

A Review of: Miss Smithers
by Heather Kirk
This young-adult novel chronicles the further adventures of Alice MacLeod, "world record holder in the Most Embarrassing Moments category," protagonist of Alice, I Think. In the sequel, Miss Smithers, 16-year-old Alice competes in the annual Miss Smithers competition in the isolated town of Smithers, in the northern interior of British Columbia. Often very funny, the story satirizes beauty contests, small-town life, and the Boomer generation. It also traces Alice's tentative growth toward greater self confidence and better relationships with family and friends. Although the book would have ... Read more...
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