Go Ask Alice Hardcover – September 14, 1971
Author: Anonymous ID: 0671664581
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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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The Boston Globe …a book that all teenagers and parents of teenagers should really read.
School Library Journal This novel in diary form powerfully depicts the confusions of adolescence. Its impact cannot be denied.
The New York Times [This] extraordinary work for teenagers is a document of horrifying reality and literary quality.
Library Journal An important book, this deserves as wide a readership as libraries can give it.
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Age Range: 12 and up Grade Level: 7 and upHardcover: 192 pagesPublisher: Simon Pulse; Reissue edition (September 14, 1971)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0671664581ISBN-13: 978-0671664589 Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.7 x 7 inches Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #175,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #35 in Books > Children’s Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Difficult Discussions > Drugs #81 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues > Drugs & Alcohol Abuse #181 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Classics
I don’t mind people liking this book or gaining something from this book, but many of the adult reviewers here seem hellbent on promoting this book as either as either a major literary work or as an actual diary depicting the horrors of teen drug abuse. It is neither. I think it does potential readers, especially teen readers a true disservice to promote this book in either way. If you’re doing this, you are not being honest.
It is NOT a real diary. It simply is not. It is a work of fiction created by Sparks. She continued this path – soap opera in diary form in a full-out series of books warning teens about the consequences of bad behavior. Don’t believe me? Go to the Snopes Web site (you know, the one that confirms or dispells urban legends, rumors and out-and-out lies?) and read about Go Ask Alice. The researchers there confirmed that It is a work of FICTION written by SPARKS (not "Anonymous") as if it were a real diary. I’m not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, as long as teens aren’t being told this is a girl’s real diary. That would be a lie. I don’t believe in lying to teens, regardless of how noble you think the cause. Interesting note – Sparks, who is now in her eighties – was (maybe still is, I don’t know) a member of the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints church. She wrote books that promoted the values of her church (obey your parents, clean living, etc.) – she just seemed to forget that annoying little commandment "Thou Shalt Not Lie.
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