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by Anonimo (otherwise under Anonymous)

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Go ask Alice is a book which has made a debate for years. Young readers want this book to be real, but I happen to agree with those saying it is a work of fiction.

This diary belongs to a girl. She has no real name and the name Alice is given due to mention of it in the book.

It is 1970`S a decade filled with Woodstock, Janis Joplin and a liberal way to raise kids.

The diaries owner starts her drug-abuse at a gathering where she is given acid without knowing.

It is written in a form which suggest that an adult is the diary owner. It feels so unreal compared to "Christiane F" I think that by reading the german book as well, we the readers will see that the way Alice life`s turns from one day to the next is not real.

The great thing about it is that the book does not portrait drugs as cool and because of that young people should might read it and when they are older they can ask Christiane F through her book because that book is sadly real. ( )
  anthrofashion | Dec 23, 2009 |
This was a great book. I personally don't like reading and this book actually caught my attention, and i finshed it in three days. It is a great book. -- Student review
  MHSLibrary | Dec 8, 2009 |
A sad tale of a girl who was trying to turn her life around. It really shows the unbelieveable pressure people face when trying to kick addiction. ( )
  trinibaby9 | Nov 24, 2009 |
Entertaining but obviously made up. (Or were we supposed to infer that?) ( )
  LauraLittlePony | Oct 20, 2009 |
This was a good book and is a good example of why kids should not do drugs because it can ruin your life. ( )
  tjroxandrolls | Oct 5, 2009 |
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September 16

Yesterday I remember thinking I was the happiest person in the whole earth, in the whole galaxy, in all of God's creation.

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Go Ask Alice

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This book pretends to be the diary of an anonymous teen in the sixties who becomes addicted to drugs. Actually it's a forgery, the work of Mormon psychologist Beatrice Sparks (and possibly others).

Amazon.com (ISBN 0689817851, Mass Market Paperback)

The torture and hell of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly as it is in this classic diary by an anonymous, addicted teen. Lonely, awkward, and under extreme pressure from her "perfect" parents, "Anonymous" swings madly between optimism and despair. When one of her new friends spikes her drink with LSD, this diarist begins a frightening journey into darkness. The drugs take the edge off her loneliness and self-hate, but they also turn her life into a nightmare of exalting highs and excruciating lows. Although there is still some question as to whether this diary is real or fictional, there is no question that it has made a profound impact on millions of readers during the more than 25 years it has been in print. Despite a few dated references to hippies and some expired slang, Go Ask Alice still offers a jolting chronicle of a teenager's life spinning out of control.

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