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Alice in Time
Things are at a crisis point for fourteen-year-old Alice. Her mum is ruining her life, her dad is getting remarried, and Sasha, the most popular girl in school, hates her guts. . . Then a bizarre accident happens, and Alice finds herself re-living her life as a seven-year-old through teenage eyes - and discovering some awkward truths. But can she use her new knowledge to c...more
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
April 30th 2010
by Piccadilly Press Ltd
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Alice is a typical 14-year old girl whose father just got remarried, who argues constantly with her mother and is bullied by the school's resident mean girl. One day when she thinks things can't possibly get any worse, she hops on a merry-go-round (the schoolyard kind, not a carousel) and is transported back in time to when she was 7 years old. Alice realizes she has the opportunity to right all the wrongs that have happened over the years. She can prevent her parents from getting divorced, save...more
While Alice in Time has an interesting enough premise, I felt like Penelope Bush's writing did not draw me in as much as it should of. Also, I just was not feeling the main character Alice. While she was bratty enough when she was a 14, she was equally as bratty when she returned to her 7 year-old self and although the author made it seem like she was supposed to get better, she remained the same way spreading rumors about 7 year-old little girls who have yet to do anything malicious against her...more
I liked this book, but I did not love it. I wasn't a huge fan of Alice, she just was a little bratty, even after she came to the realization. I very much disliked how ungrateful she was about her life. I also didn't understand the time travel thing that much. I mean, I did, but like, not really, but maybe that was the point. Anyways, this book to me what like a scrubs quote, "Did you ever go see a movie that everyone told you was great, and then because of all those expectations, you ended up to...more
This book follows what appears to be a trend in YA literature, which is for characters to end up time traveling, but it does it well. The setting of this novel is England, so the British vernacular would be interesting for an American teen to encounter. The conflicts the protagonist, Alice, faces are quite easily understood by most Western teens I would imagine: problems at school with peers, parents who are divorced, and dealing with first romantic interests. The idea that Alice's fourteen-year...more
What if you could fix all the things that are wrong in your life, and make yourself a better person too. 14 year old Alice life is not that great her mother is overworked and she and Alice do not get along. Her Father is divorced form her mother and is a bit of a jerk. After a accident on a merry go round Alice wakes up to find out that she is 7 years old again. She can fix her parent marriage and all else that went wrong in her life. This book was good at first I had a hard time getting into it...more
Everyone who's marked this book as, "to-read..." Don't. It only sets yourself up for disappointment when you realize the character is a spoiled brat who doesn't really change all that much throughout the book. The problem isn't that the character is unrelatable, the problem is that throughout the book I desperately hoped that I DIDN'T relate to the character. Good idea, but poorly executed. And yes, I do mean executed. The author killed the story. (and not in a good way.) If you're looking for a...more
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Reviewed by teen reviewer Elizabeth
A teen girl, Alice, thinks her life is terrible. Also, one day, after going on a date with a boy named Seth, Alice runs away from home and goes to the park. She spins on the Merry-Go-Round and falls. When she wakes up she’s 7 again and needs to fix all the things that went wrong in her old life. It was cool how Alice went back in time and how she split herself into three different people but the actual writing was really repetitive.
A teen girl, Alice, thinks her life is terrible. Also, one day, after going on a date with a boy named Seth, Alice runs away from home and goes to the park. She spins on the Merry-Go-Round and falls. When she wakes up she’s 7 again and needs to fix all the things that went wrong in her old life. It was cool how Alice went back in time and how she split herself into three different people but the actual writing was really repetitive.
Mar 31, 2012
Nicole B.
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It was kind of annoying how Alice is too busy with her problems to care for her brother. But I think that's the whole point in the book, fixing her attitude. Her realizing it after she goes back in time gives her a lesson. But I prefer for her to go back to her "own time" b/c I think a better message would be that she deals with it instead of staying to the "alternative future". I don't really like the ending but at least the main character is finally being herself, the one she should've been.
I definitely just powered through this entire book in one night. I haven't done that in a long time. This book turned out to be completely different from what I expected based on a summary I read. It was exactly what it should be. I was expecting and Alice in Wonderland style adventure, but got a glimpse into another girls life. A life I'm sure I would have lived if a few things had played out differently in my life. I was touched like I haven't been in a long time. I'm gonna go have a much need...more
The first half of this book is painful to read. Alice is a bitter, self-centered fourteen-year-old girl with few friends and really crappy life. In the second half of the story, Alice travels back in time to the year she was seven - a crucial year for her family. She discovers that things aren't at all like she thought they were and realizes only she can change her future by changing her reactions.
This book was average. I like the overall idea, learning about yourself by experiencing your past over again and realising that you're not such a great person. I hated it when I first started it because I thought 'oh great, a book about a bratty girl that hates her life that is actually great.' but then it turned out OK.
From very early on I was hooked. The book really took Alice on a journey and although she started out as a selfish, self-pitying teenager, it was great to see her develop and grow until she appreciated what she had. I thought it was an interesting way to teach her a lesson
This was a good book, it kept me interested. The only thing that I don't like about it, is that she didn't end up with that boy (Sasha's step-brother) because I thought they made a good couple. Overall, though, it was good(:
Decent book, didn't blow me away tho. Mostly YA chiclit. Concept is still interesting to me but author didn't really do much with it that I had not seen before.
this was an amazing book and not just because my name is Alice! I read this book last year and still remember each event! Perfect for anyone looking for an easy read!
I loved it! its a great book that immediatly grabbed my attention. It started as a small english homework but i couldnt put it down!
A somewhat facile transformation of the the protagonist from unlikeable mean girl... To what? Kind of an unlikeable nice girl?
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Apr 13, 2011
Erikka
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as i was reading this i was thinking "well this is familiar" except for the whole traveling through time part.
YA - The premise of a 14 year old girl falling off a merry-go-round and waking up to find she is 7th sounded so cool. Unfortunately, I felt the book dragged in the beginning and still didn't interest me as the book finally got going. My students may like it....
This wasn't a bad book although I really don't like books set in other countries.
I enjoyed reading this book, it was really interesting to see how Alice changes her life by going back in time.
Bumpy at times, but overall a good read. I especially like the full-circle, satisfying closure at the end.
I gave it 4 chapters and then gave up. The book centers on a whiny teenager who thinks her entire life is terrible because her baby brother was born seven years before. What she needs is a good smack upside the head and a reality check. I had no desire to see how she would go back and change her life because in end, I'm sure, she just realizes that her life is best the way that it is.
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It was ok, but so insanelly unbeliavble it bored me slightly. I liked the concept, but was disappointed in how it came across.
Alice may have been one of the most annoying protagonists I have come across so far.
Bleck. I couldn't read it. Way too slow.
Good Book. 3/5
Jun 16, 2013
Connie Steckel
marked it as to-read
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Penelope Bush trained and worked as a tapestry weaver, but always knew that one day she would write.
She lives in West Sussex with her husband and son and elderly cat. She hides away in an old caravan to do her writing, where the only distraction is the occasional pheasant wandering past. Now and again, the family reclaim the caravan and it is towed down the coast to Dorset, where many happy hours...more
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She lives in West Sussex with her husband and son and elderly cat. She hides away in an old caravan to do her writing, where the only distraction is the occasional pheasant wandering past. Now and again, the family reclaim the caravan and it is towed down the coast to Dorset, where many happy hours...more
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