''Alice, I Think'' is the first in a trilogy of comic novels written by

Susan Juby Susan Juby (born March 30, 1969)Dave Jenkinson. ''CM Magazine'', May 11, 2005. is a Canadian writer. She is currently residing in Nanaimo, British Columbia, where she is a professor of creative writing at Vancouver Island University. Juby is kno ...

. It was first published in 2000. It is set in

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and describes the struggle of a young woman, Alice Macleod, as she matures. ''Alice, I Think'' was nominated for the Amazon/

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, and shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association Best Young Adult Novel Award. 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.

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Reviews of ''Alice, I Think'' at Susan Juby.com
2000 Canadian novels Canadian bildungsromans Canadian young adult novels Novels set in British Columbia {{Canada-novel-stub

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