Alice, I Think by Susan Juby (2000)

This series of novels stars Alice MacLeod, a Canadian girl who is one of the most eccentric, endearing, and hilarious characters I've ever read. Fabulous books! In the first, Alice, formerly homeschooled, decides to attend school. Hilarious. Read-out-loud-to-anyone-nearby-hilarious.  In Miss Smithers, Alice decides to compete in the Miss Smithers beauty (scholarship) pageant. Still hilarious.  Also, Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last.  Alice decides to try her hand and screenwriting. The results? Hilarious.