Miss Smithers
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Initial publish date
- May 2004
- Category
- General, Adolescence
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780006395270
- Publish Date
- Oct 2005
- List Price
- $10.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780006392651
- Publish Date
- May 2004
- List Price
- $15.99
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Alice suspects that this is the year she’s going to bloom, graduating from the ranks of the marginal into the realm of the practically normal. That’s immediately confirmed when, lured by the $400 clothing allowance, she becomes the official Rod & Gun Club candidate in the town’s Miss Smithers, BC, pageant. Now that she’s practically normal, Alice is anxious to try new things. But she can’t decide whether to push her sort-of boyfriend, Goose, into having sex with her, or to take a vow of chastity with the WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) movement. Alice, fresh from her hit debut in Alice, I Think?and complete with satirical wit and unique thrift-shop style?is back in this uniquely funny take on surviving the tough teen years.
About the author
SUSAN JUBY is the author of the critically acclaimed Getting The Girl and Another Kind Of Cowboy, as well as the bestselling Alice series (Alice, I Think; Miss Smithers; Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last) and her latest novel for adults, The Woefield Poultry Collective. After dropping out of fashion college and attaining a BA from the University of British Columbia, Susan went to work in the book industry. She holds a master’s degree in publishing. She currently lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, James, and their dog, who prefers to remain anonymous. Visit her online at susanjuby.com.
