Alice, I Think (novel)
{{Short description|2000 novel by Susan Juby}}
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| name = Alice, I Think
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| image = Alice I Think cover.jpg
| caption = First edition cover
| author = Susan Juby
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| country = Canada
| language = English
| series = Alice Macleod
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| genre = Bildungsroman
Comic novel
Young adult fiction
| publisher = Thistledown Press
| release_date = 28 April 2000
| media_type = Print
| pages = 224 pp
| isbn = 1-894345-12-6
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| followed_by = Miss Smithers
Alice Macleod, Realist at Last
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Alice, I Think is the first in a trilogy of comic novels written by Susan Juby. It was first published in 2000. It is set in Smithers, British Columbia and describes the struggle of a young woman, Alice Macleod, as she matures.{{Cite web |title=Alice, I Think |url=https://susanjuby.com/books/alice-i-think/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Susan Juby |language=en-US}}
Alice, I Think was nominated for the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Best Young Adult Novel Award.{{Cite web |url=http://www.susanjuby.com/aliceithink.htm |title=Author's website, January 2011 |access-date=2010-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716165437/http://www.susanjuby.com/aliceithink.htm |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}
The second and third volumes in the series are Miss Smithers and Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last. The series follows Alice as she moves from home schooling into near-mainstream high school and develops friendships and her sense of self. The series was made into a television series of the same name.
See also
{{Portal |Children's literature}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716165437/http://www.susanjuby.com/aliceithink.htm Reviews of Alice, I Think at Susan Juby.com]
Category:Canadian bildungsromans
Category:Canadian young adult novels
Category:Novels set in British Columbia
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