Ask Alice

By Dbora and Carolina

Subject:English
Grade:8th
Tea c h e r : S o f i a A m a r o
Colgio Quinta do Lago

Author

People in the story

A l i c e : a f o u r t e e n - y e a r- o l d g i r l ; s h e w r i t e s f o r t h e s t u d e n t w e b s i t e a t h e r
school
Lauren : the main writer on the website
Ed: the sports writer on the website
Johnnie: does all the computer work for the website
Yvonne: Alices mother
James: Alices father
Emma: Alices best friend
C h e r i e Re e v e s : a f a m o u s p o p s i n g e r

Friendship
A t ru e f r ie n d re sp e c t s o t h e rs as t h e y a re
You dont know what Emmas like, I said. Its hard to say no to her!

Just because we have friends and we love them it doesnt mean we cant say
no
Why was it so hard for me to say no to people? Sometimes, Alice, I told myself as I went into my
maths class, I think you need to send an email to Ask Alice!
A true friend helps his friends even if secretly
You had lots of problems, he said. I just wanted to help, thats all.
You wanted to say no when you didnt want to do something. You
knew you had to talk to your mum, but you couldnt do it. You
wanted to write more for the website. So I I wrote emails to you
dont mind, do you?

Alices family problem

Detachment
Misunderstandings
Sadness
suff ering
I was nearly crying when dad told me he loved me happy and sad at
the same time. Why was life so difficult? Why didnt I have a dad like all
other dads? A dad who was around all the time. A dad who went to work
in the morning and came home in the evening. A dad who understood that
I couldnt miss school to go on holiday.
But my dad could never be like that.