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Douglas Benson From Another Dimension was introduce as a new student in Candice's class. Douglas is seen as smart as he constantly talk about how he 'teleport-ed' from his dimension to Candice's dimension to Candice. Douglas main goal in the story is to get back to his original dimension but he keep failing to achieve it. Douglas eventually start to fall in love with Candice as he is her only friend and spend a lot of time with inside and outside school. He is usually seen as energetic and happy and he also help Candice with his knowledge. He also has a lot of attention to detail and when Candice feels insecure about her chest, Douglas gift her the fake breast and he also gift her a second fish when she mention about her problem.

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Douglas Benson can usually be found at his house. He can usually be found calculating, sitting on a tree or inside his house. He calculates because he's trying to find a way back home by jumping off high places (such as trees). Douglas's house is usually the meeting spot where Candice will meet up with Douglas to discuss Douglas going back. Candice comes to Douglas's house using the bike supplied by Rich Uncle Brian

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Candice's mother is distant from her family, her mental health is at a weak state that even a squeak of a rusty hinge can cause her pain. Because the light hurts her eyes, the curtain in her room is always closed. She is filled with sadness, grief and depression because of the passing of Sky, which leads to Candice's mother to always be in her room, her health worse from breast cancer. Candice's mother is not able to get over her daughter's death, and she believes her death should be respected instead of celebrated of how she lived.

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Vicky Phee (Mum) is complex character where she is spending most of her time in her bedroom. The reason why she is there is because Vicky is mourning her deceased daughter. In the book My Life is an Alphabet on page 46 the room is described as "dark and smelled of something that had spent a lot of time out of the sunshine." This tells the reader that she hasn't been out of her room for a long period.

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When reading the books we don't find about much about RUB (Rich Uncle Brian) acquittances we do find what the main characters think. Candice believes Rich uncle Brian is a man who keeps his promise and is honest and trust worthy, on the othe hand James (Candices dad) thinks that Rich uncle brian is not trust worthy and has taken credit for his work (the code) James believes that RUB is always ahead of him and always upstages him. For example when candice was born James was across the country so RUB took his place in the delivery room

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Candice Phee is the quirky, literal-minded 12-year. She is highly intelligent, socially awkward, and struggles with understanding social sitations, often interpreting things very literally. Candice is kind-hearted, determined, and brutally honest, with a unique and optimistic perspective on the world. Despite her odd behavior, she is deeply compassionate and tries to fix the problems in her family.

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he is a new student convinced he's from another dimension. he is repeatedly attempting to jump from trees, believing it will send him back to his "real" home. His friendship with Candice, who is dealing with her own family issues, stopped his jumping for a bit. he likes Candace and has kissed each other 3 times so far and each time Candace does not like it but she doesn't mind. His reactions are very helpful energetic towards Candace and very thoughtful to her. for example he gets her a fish to try to help earth pig fish. or when he became her first friend.

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Other people think of Douglas Benson From Another Dimension as a weak, nerdy kid, and even though he is new, he does get bullied often and has no friends other than Candice, who is just Douglas Benson but a Girl.

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RUB—Rich Uncle Brian—is a wealthy, well-intention uncle who plays an important role in Candice’s world. When Candice insulted RUB by not accepting his rich gifts, he got so much jealous. Candice in making RUB and her dad to do a fight

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"They think I'm mad" is from page 43 and shows that Douglas Benson's parents think that Douglas is crazy for calling them not his real parent. Douglas thinks this because he believes he is from a different dimension, that's why he is trying to go back to his original dimension. He currently calls his parents "Facsimile Parents".

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"I wasn't there when you were born, Candice," Pg 17

"Dad's increasing distance from everything except the computers in his shed," Pg 55

"If I don't, I will lose control and it will crash" Pg 167

"I am her father, don't tell me what I can and can't do," Pg 239

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Candice speaks in a formal tone and mostly focuses on the smaller details. "At least I got 3 of the letters and in the correct order." (p61) shows this." No?" "I'm me." (p64) also shows that she takes everything literally.

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In My Life as an Alphabet by Barry Jonsberg, Candice talks about her dad, James, mostly through what she notices. People don’t say much directly about him, but Candice shows us what he’s like.

She describes her dad as quiet and spending a lot of time on his laptop. This shows he’s dealing with sadness and feels a bit alone, different from how her mom handles her own depression.

Candice also mentions that her dad has a bad relationship with his brother, Rich Uncle Brian, because of a family fight about a software patent. This causes tension in the family, and Candice tries to fix things.

Through Candice’s view, we see that her dad struggles emotionally and this affects the whole family.

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In the book, Dad pulls himself away from his family and homelife quite frequently. He's distant and hibernates in his shed as an attempt to heal from the death of Sky. Because he's a tech savvy and works with computers, he quite often slouches while on his laptop and sits on his old, dusty couch in the garden shed. Once, when him and his suffering wife (Vicky) weren't as depressed as per usual, he was seen helping mum cut some onions for a batch of fresh Spaghetti for tea. Barry Jonsburgs main intention of dad was to create a grieving man who lost their daughter. You can understand how they must feel but shutting Candice out of the picture isn't the way to go.

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Candace interacts with her father somewhat cautiously. As she herself "stood for a moment in the doorway, watching the lights flash and the symbols scroll down the page, before I tapped him on the shoulder." His Wife (Vicky) gives him glances which can be shown on page 161. RUB (Rich uncle Brian)

tries to interact with James but is ignored because of the argument involving the both of them.

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The dad (James) in the book seems to be very antisocial by keeping distance with his family, an example is when he missed Candices birth while he was at a work conference in WA he thought he would make it in time but she was born earlier and was only able to arrive at the hospital 3 hours after her birth or just even spending time in his shed alone for hours. James still deeply loves Candice by still trying to spend time with her here and there and example of that was when he took Candice to the park to fly his remote controlled plane together he also values family time by only wanting to spend time as a family and not with Candices friend (Douglas)

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Vicky's actions are distant and cold when she interacts with her family as she locks herself in her room, barely goes out and mourns her dead daughter. When she is mentioned, Candice says she lays in bed nearly all day and only cooks dinner occasionally for Candice. At Frances' funeral, Candice quotes that 'Mum cries, normally without making a sound'. (pg. 117)

After the death of Frances, Vicky went to a deep depression, thinking and visiting her for years and not overcoming the fact that she is gone. In chapter 'M for Mourning', she gets annoyed at Candice's constant yapping leading to Vicky throwing a teapot. This tells us that she can get easily enraged as a reaction as her mental health decreases.

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Park

Garden Shed

Court

House

Marina

Car

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RUB known as rich uncle Brian is a quiet character in the book. He is a man aged in their mid 40's. his also known as Candice's (very rich) uncle. RUB likes the sea, ocean, boats and sailing. He always makes sure that Candice gets what she wants. RUB's relationship with Candice's family is not going well, him and his brother James (Candice's dad) are more distant then ever. RUB wants to resolve this and be close with his distant brother again, but, while with James he doesn't. he doesn't want to be close again with RUB unless he recognised him in making the code, which RUB refused to do. The relationship with RUB and Candice's mum is Suttle and quiet. They barely talk in the book. the relationship with RUB and Candice is close. they talk here and there and Candice usually uses him to answer questions of her dad. RUB also likes buying Candice gifts.

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There is not much interaction since the family is distant, but there are some interactions between Candice and her mother. For example, chapter M page 118-120, she had a argument with Candice about were ever if Douglas Benson from another universe can join them on their day to the cemetery to mourn for Sky. Vicky said that it was only for family, and Candice asks why not to invite R.U.B. She said no but Candice began pushing her, till Mum couldn't control herself and threw the teapot, missing Candice by the head barely. She realised what she did and was in shock, she apologised to Candice, knowing what she's done.

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Douglas Benson From Another Dimension likes Candice as a friend, but he also loves Candice. Douglas Benson always stays close to Candice supporting her, but he is sometimes weird and randomly kisses her, which is weird.

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“You sailed into this world on a sea of love”.

“You cruised through calm waters and berthed, with scarcely a ripple, into our hearts”

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"I'd almost forgotten," she said. "Yes. The dreams. The dreams I had when I was young." -p.g. 105

"What do you want for your birthday, Pumpkin?" -p.g. 117

"Family only. We do not invite friends. We do not have a party. We do not celebrate. We pay our respects." -p.g. 118

"Her name was Frances." -p.g. 119

"SHUT UP!" -p.g. 119

"Hello Pumpkin." -p.g. 159

"I thought we'd have a family dinner and a nice chat," said Mum...."Is that so unusual?" - p.g. 160

"Yes," said Mum. "It's long overdue."

-p.g. 161

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The author describes Rich Uncle Brian (RUB), as a caring and friendly uncle to Candice. RUB is very thoughtful of Candice and how she feels. For example, RUB takes Candice to a Carnival where she first meets Earth-Pig-Fish. This example shows that RUB wants Candice to feel happy and he cares for Candice’s feelings. Also, in page 34/35, RUB says a caring quote to Candice. He says, "You sing your own song Pumpkin, and you dance your own dance.” “You see the world differently from the rest of us." This shows that RUB cares for Candice and admires her personality. He is also described as a nervous and fidgety person. He is often seen by Candice jiggling coins in his pocket and stroking his moustache. This description shows that RUB may be a nervous person or a person who thinks a lot.

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How Rich Uncle Brian Interacts with other people?  BY Rudra 

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How Rich Uncle Brian Interacts with other people?  BY Rudra 

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Candice:

Rich Uncle Brian and Candice have a strong relationship between each other. He likes to buy Candice nice and expensive gifts that she doesn’t use at all. Sometimes, she has been invited to his yacht, but she doesn’t go until one day. She went to the yacht and Rich uncle Brian greeted her like she is a celebrity. She has seasickness and RUB takes care of her like that she is his daughter. He likes to take her to carnivals to have fun and spend time with him. When she has problems, she goes to Rich Uncle Brian to solve her problems. For example, she went on the motherboard for a bike in return because she needed it because she had to go to Douglas because she can go on her own instead going in the car.

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Rich Uncle Brian and Candice’s dad have beef, meaning they have a bad relationship with each other. They are both brothers at the start, but after they were finished with the project, RUB back stabbed him and took all the money and left him with nothing. Ever since that day, Rub and Candice’s dad (James) have no longer talked with each other. When it is Candice’s birthday, he comes with expensive gifts for her. When it is his birthday, he probably comes empty handed.

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Rich Uncle Brian has speech shows what type of person he is.

"You sailed into this world on a sea of love. You cruised through calm waters and berthed... And there my sweet mariner you remain. Docked in love." (pg. 14). This suggests that he thinks that Candice's birth is a beautiful thing. When he said "docked in love" it shows tenderness and affection. Rich Uncle Brian is a thoughtful and poetic person and he sees Candice as precious.

"At one time, Rich Uncle Brain was just Uncle Brian. But then he became rich and bought a Yacht. Since then he would often use nautical imagery..."

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"I know that Dad thinks you stole his idea's and you believe you didn't" -page 78

It is stated that the reason Rich Uncle Brian and Dad are not on speaking terms because they both think the idea as their own. Dad has his own way to react to this and so does Rich Uncle Brain. Dad mutters darkly whenever Rich Uncle Brain is mentioned and still does even when he isn't. He seems to have a strong disdain towards his brother. This is shown when Rich Uncle Brian asks Candice if Dad still loves him, Candice says,

" No, whenever your name is mentioned his mouth twists up and he mutters darkly." - page 81

However when Candice asked Rich Uncle Brian if he still loves his brother, he said,

"I do pumpkin. I surely do." - page 80

This shows that he still loves his brother and cares for him. Rich Uncle Brian always seems like he is on edge and this feud between his brother might be the reason. Although he is wealthy, his wealth does not benefit him emotionally and might add to his guilt of having all the share and his brother has none even though he believes the idea is his. His many nervous habits that add to his on edge character are,

".... he looked out the window and jingled his coins in his trouser pocket" - page 13

".... he stroked his moustache" - page 14

"He was probably furrowing his brows and stroking his moustache."

"Rich Uncle Brian sighed." - page 71

These are nervous habits as backed up by

" Rich Uncle Brian does that a lot, it's a nervous habit" - page 13

" He does that a lot as well" - page 14

"He does this a lot when we talk."

These actions also raise the suspicion that he his hiding something.

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James (the father) believes Brian (RUB) didn't do all the designing in the program. Vicky (the mum) thinks that even if RUB did invent the software, it was unfair to have patented it in just his name, since the brothers were in business together and should have shared. Candice said her father doesn't think of RUB anymore. Candice thinks RUB is nervous since he jingles the coins in his pockets a lot.

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In My Life as an Alphabet, Candice Phee’s actions and reactions show her as a literal, determined, and unusually honest character. She often tries to solve other people’s problems in creative, unexpected ways, showing kindness through her actions even if her methods seem socially awkward. Candice speaks very directly and follows rules carefully, sticking to instructions even when others don’t. She reacts to situations with a literal interpretation of words and events, often leading to funny or awkward misunderstandings, and she stays calm in moments that might embarrass others. No matter the challenge, she remains determined and expresses her emotions openly, making her both unique and endearing to those around her.

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In the book Rich Uncle Brian (RUB), is seen as a wealthy but lonely guy. Quotes like "..... he looked out the window and jingled coins in his trouser pocket" and " Rich Uncle Brian does that a lot", suggest that he can be a lonely character that is nervous and withdrawn. Despite this, his interactions with Candice with safe, funny and easy going. He enjoys a fun and happy relationship with Candice, despite his complicated relationship with her dad, James. Even though he has a happy and stable relationship with Candice, there is noticeable tension between him and James. The book makes it clear that misunderstandings and unresolved issues have made their relationship distant.

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Candice Phee is twelve-year-old , and is an honest, quirky, and determined girl who sees the world in her own unique way. She is kind-hearted and deeply empathetic, always trying to fix the problems of the people (and pets) around her, often with creative and unconventional solutions. Curious and optimistic, she approaches life with a literal, detail-focused mindset that sometimes makes her socially awkward but also loveable. Candice is of average height for her age, with long dirty-blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, and freckles scattered across her fair skin, which requires strong sun protection. Her appearance is unassuming, but her bright eyes and expressive personality make her unforgettable.

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Candice Phee is associated with her school classroom, where she spends most of her learning time and interacts with classmates; her home, the central place of her family life; the neighbourhood and local park, where she moves through familiar outdoor spaces; and Douglas Benson’s house, where she visits and engages in shared experiences. She also goes to the ravine nearly every day to meet with her friend Douglas Benson. She also went to the Marina on her birthday and jumped into the water in an effort to save her family. There also other places such as her dad's shed which goes into few times to talk to her dad and the court house where she went to try and hire a lawyer to divorce her parents in another effort to save her parents.

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Others interact with Candice Phee in ways that highlight her honesty, quirkiness, and social awkwardness. Her classmates often find her unusual or amusing, sometimes teasing her. At home, her family members respond to her with a mix of frustration and care, reflecting both their challenges and their love for her. Her friend Douglas Benson engages with her as an equal, sharing adventures and supporting her ideas, while other adults in the community tend to react to her literal-mindedness and determination with patience, surprise, or mild exasperation. These interactions show how Candice’s character both influences and is shaped by the people around her.

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In My Life as an Alphabet, Candice Phee's unique perspective and literal-mindedness often lead others to label her in ways that reflect their misunderstandings or discomfort. Her classmates, for instance, nickname her "Essen," short for "Special Needs," highlighting their perception of her as different . Despite these labels, Candice remains steadfast in her self-identity, asserting, "I'm me," and rejects the labels others try to impose on her . This underscores her resilience and determination to define herself on her own terms.

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I love them

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I love them

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i love mennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn I like to smash them

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Earth-Pig Fish is a goldfish that is gold and beautiful. [Page 32]

He could be (according to Candice) religious.

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Well, even though He is Candices Dad he doesn't really shape her life in many positive ways. He is an absent father and hides away in his shed. Mourning the death of sky. He does try to make some resolutions in the book like when he went to the park with Candice and tried to make amends and fix the messy situation.