 Twelve-year-old, special-needs student Candice, who lives in Queensland, Australia, is given a school assignment to write an alphabetical autobiography – one paragraph for each letter. But Candice is different and quirky and she loves the dictionary, so she decides to write a chapter for each letter. She knows herself and she has a lot to say. She tells about her struggling family, her friend Douglas Benson from Another Dimension, her teacher Miss Bamford, her religiously-confused pet fish, and her Rich Uncle Brian. She is on a mission to make everyone in her life happy and to understand her world. Candice is smart, optimistic, endearing, and self-diagnosed as weird. This first-person narrative is wonderfully funny and thought-provoking. mjw |
| Title: The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee Author: Barry Jonsberg Publisher: Chronicle Books Copyright: 2014 Original Language: English Original Title: My Life As The Alphabet Original Publisher: Allen and Unwin, Australia Original Copyright: 2013 ISBN: 978-1-4521-3351-5 Hardcover pages: 242 Age range: 10-13 Genre: Fiction Book setting: Albright, Queensland, Australia Author’s ethnicity: English Author’s residence: Darwin, Australia Awards: 2014 Children’s Book Council of Australia Honor Book, 2014 Prime Minister’s Literary Children’s Fiction Awards Shortlist Subjects: Australia, Autism, Families, Friendship, Parents |
The Categorical Universe of Candice Phee
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