Realist at Last - Alice MacLeod

Sequel to Miss Smithers. Sixteen-year-old Alice uses her screen-writing aspirations to help her get through a challenging period in her life after her boyfriend goes to Scotland, her mother is jailed for environmental activism, and her depressed father cannot get a job.

This tells you the basic outline of the plot. I was disappointed with this book, though, because it was completely unrealistic. This supposedly average looking girl seems to be attracting all the hottest college guys around - even though she’s only in high school. At the same time, her self-pity and selfishness is more annoying than endearing. The book still has its funny moments, though, and her screen-writing parallels are pretty funny.

Chelsea Grimmer

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