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Author: Susan Juby
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AprMay 2004
 | Miss Smithers
by Susan Juby
Harper Collins Canada $15.99 Paperback
ISBN: 0006392652
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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
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