Miss Smithers

by Susan Juby

Book Overview

In this delightful sequel to Juby's Alice, I Think, Alice enters the Miss Smithers pageant to claim the $400 clothing allowance, and comments on the whole experience in a zine. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060515465
• ISBN13: 9780060515461
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: HarperTempest
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Can Alice be any more clueless?

You have to hand it to Alice MacLeod -- a more clueless, obnoxious, graceless 16-year-old misfit would be hard to find. Susan Juby strikes again, this time with Alice as the Rod and Gun Club's contestant for the very non-prestigious Miss Smithers pageant. With this unifying theme, Juby totally hits her stride. Although the previous book, ~Alice, I Think~, wasn't as developed at this one, it's good to read them in order so you know the background for the running jokes. Alice is convinced to enter the town talent pageant because of the $400 clothing allowance, writes what was supposed to be an anonymous zine about the progress of the pageant, then finds herself getting beaten up and ostracized yet again because everybody knows all the snarky things she's said about them. Honestly, if you can enjoy the humor of seeing an unlikable but funny narrator much more clearly than she sees herself, and perhaps even being able to relate it to one's own occasional cluelessness with the vague beginnings of self-awareness, Alice's antics and muddles will keep you reading and laughing far into the night.

i love alice

This book is very original and quite funny. Alice is by far the best character in all the teen-girl books i have read. I have now read this book four times this year and i still love it just as much. I highly reccommend this book to anyone who loves a fun spirited read

Hysterical

Miss Smithers is sharply funny, imaginative and fun. I laughed out loud several times reading this book. The main character, Alice, is cynical, confused and easy to relate to. While she might be prickly on the outside, she has a big heart. I recommend this book because it is humorous without trying too hard, and takes you on a genuine path while being so funny. I LOVED it.

Terrific read

I loved this new book about Alice McLead, her family and her small town. I think Alice has spunk and a kind heart... just my kind of girl. Her take on the other contestants in the Miss Smithers pageant is a scream and I laughed out loud many times. Now I want to sign up for Karate... but I won't be going to a steak house.... Alice Rocks!

very funny

The book caught my attention because of the bright green cover, but I bought it because an author on the cover was quoted saying, "I laughed until my diet soda came out my nose". I didn't quite snort soda but this book made me laugh out loud. I read it in one sitting. Also it was really cool to have my hometown mentioned in the book (Prince Rupert). The way Juby wrote about teen issuse, parents, small-town life, etc was dead on, I had a ball reading it.