Susan Judy is a Canadian writer of young adult literature. The novel “Alice I Think” is novel that resemblance a self-discovery. This novel is narrated by Alice’s modern-day journal entries to tell the story of Alice as she struggles with being independent-minded. Alice was raised by parents who are hippies and all about expressing their feelings. When Alice reads the book The Hobbit, she decides that she is a hobbit. Allice get into the characters a lot this is both emotionally and physically, Alice’s parents support her a lot they show this through the costume they made for her. Alice goes to school dressed like a hobbit and that is the day that she realizes that she is not like everyone else. The novel mainly takes place in Smithers, where
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Some of the goals Alice set for herself include: Getting a new look, making friends outside of her family, deciding on what she wants to do for a career, meet people of the opposite sex, and learn to drive. She decides to start a new life she does this by first enrolling herself back to school as well as taking the opportunity to create a new look for herself. Alice’s idea of getting a new look did not turn out to be the same way as she expected it to be. As Alice’s was in the parking lot her childhood bully, Linda comes across her by accident and noticed the new hairstyle she starts to pick on her and continue bullying Alice’s. Suddenly Alice's life has flipped upside down again and it's only going to get worse with school stress adding on. But she does not give up she continues with the rest of her goals as Alice meets a guy whom she considers as an ideal boyfriend even after finding him annoying. Alice’s first ideal relationship did not work out but she did not give up she continued with the rest of her goal. After stressing out about her goals Alice finally meets a boy named Daniel that helps her realize that happiness is not achieved through setting unrealistic goals. Alice is finally happy with her life and open to whatever comes
Some of the goals Alice set for herself include: Getting a new look, making friends outside of her family, deciding on what she wants to do for a career, meet people of the opposite sex, and learn to drive. She decides to start a new life she does this by first enrolling herself back to school as well as taking the opportunity to create a new look for herself. Alice’s idea of getting a new look did not turn out to be the same way as she expected it to be. As Alice’s was in the parking lot her childhood bully, Linda comes across her by accident and noticed the new hairstyle she starts to pick on her and continue bullying Alice’s. Suddenly Alice's life has flipped upside down again and it's only going to get worse with school stress adding on. But she does not give up she continues with the rest of her goals as Alice meets a guy whom she considers as an ideal boyfriend even after finding him annoying. Alice’s first ideal relationship did not work out but she did not give up she continued with the rest of her goal. After stressing out about her goals Alice finally meets a boy named Daniel that helps her realize that happiness is not achieved through setting unrealistic goals. Alice is finally happy with her life and open to whatever comes