Why is Alice so cool?

Comment:

Why is Alice so cool? She pretended to be Marie in Alice the know, just to make Grandpa McKinley happy, how did she become such a cool person. I know she’s all a part of your imagination, but I really would like to know how she has the solution to almost, everything!

Phyllis replied:

She certainly didn’t feel she was always “cool.”  And she didn’t always have a good solution to “everything,” but would be flattered that you thought so.  She just goes through many of the things–and thinks about many of the things–that girls often do, and the reader sees her wrestle with them, for better or worse.