Go Ask Alice | 
 enlarge | Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Simon Pulse
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Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1416914633
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ASIN: 1416914633
Publication Date: December 27, 2005
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Amazon.com Review
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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January 24thAfter you've had it, there isn't even life without drugs.... It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in a downward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and loving family to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journey that would rob her of her innocence, her youth -- and ultimately her life. Read her diary. Enter her world. You will never forget her. For thirty-five years, the acclaimed, bestselling first-person account of a teenage girl's harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers. As powerful -- and as timely -- today as ever, Go Ask Alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction.
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 truth is important; this book is a hoax December 29, 2008
This book is a hoax. I knew it even when I read it as a teen. Another reviewer had a good point, that it may have been based on a real diary but was extremely heavily re-written. especially all the anti-drug parts. Even as a teen, it seemed too cliched, predictable, far-fetched and preachy. too much of a neatly-crafted cautionary tale.
Truth is important. Lying to people for any purpose is reprehensible, even with the best of intentions at heart.
its hard to type on my kimble...go ask alice review December 28, 2008
i thoght this book was overall good. some parts of it were weird and rambling though. however i'm not entirely sure that this was a real diary. one thing that did bother me was that the protagonist seemed like such a typical teenage girl. but iguess that was one of the author's purposes.
 painfully authentic December 26, 2008
in a sentence or two: the true diary of a 15 year old girl who is seduced by the mysterious world of drugs, and just can't seem to pull herself out.
the narrator (Alice?) opens her diary by talking about an incident with a boy named Roger, though the real shift in events comes when she finds out her family is going to move for her dad's new job. you get the feeling that Alice is a bit of an outcast, though not a total weirdo or anything. she just has a hard time fitting in with people, and thinks this move might help her. even after moving to a new school, Alice has a hard time fitting in and meeting people. she spends her summer with her grandparents and gets invited to a party that introduces the world of drugs to naive and lonely Alice.
apparently this is an actual diary with changed names and dates to protect the privacy of those involved. i also noticed it was written in 1970, which helps explain some of the dated language. for the most part though, the diary is more than a simple narrative of Alice's life before, during, and after drugs - it's an inside peek at what challenges she's facing and why. some of her thoughts are so insightful, while others barely pass as shallow - which supports the insecure and awkward adolescence we all have to go through.
i don't want to give too much away for the plot, because that's where i belive so much of the power behind this book is. Alice deals with eating disorders. she deals with insecurity. she deals with her loving and supportive family. she deals with her multitude of crushes. she deals with the allure and excitement of drugs. She deals with peer pressure both encouraging her to do the drugs and against her when she chooses not to. her experiences are discussed with her diary without a big show or bragging, but simply as they happened.
Alice's voice is haunting, though i don't believe that is her intention. she's just so darn real and authentic that you can't help but get wrapped up in her pain when she's sad and her joy when she's happy. a bit of an emotional roller coaster, but definitely worth the ride. i appreciated the editor's note at the beginning of my edition that says it's not a definitive statement on the middle class drug world, it does not offer any solution, and that they hope to provide insight to the complicated world in which we live. well editors, mission accomplished.
fave quote: "Adolescents have a very rocky insecure time. Grown-ups treat them like children and yet expect them to act like adults. They give them orders like little animals, then expect them to react like mature, and always rational, self-assured persons of legal stature. It is a difficult, lost, vacillating time. Perhaps I have passed over the worst part. I certainly hope so, because I surely would not have either the strength or the fortitude to get through that number again" (76)
fix er up: i'm not sure there is anything. this was a quick read, and such a powerful read too. not too angsty or braggy or anything like that - just real. the epilogue caught me off guard, though i dont qualify that as a 'fix er up' either.
 A book every parent should read..and their teen. December 24, 2008
This is a must read for parents, and even more so for kids preteen and older. This book will give you insight to what can happen when one messes with drugs. A great lesson to be learned...DON'T TRY THEM!!!!!
The best book I have ever read December 20, 2008
This is the best book I have read. It is fiction tipped to the brink of non. This book breaks your heart and leaves you cold. However, the gripping and truthful ways of the story let you into the lives of so many countless lost teens. This book is a look into the lives of the ignored ones.
Read it, please.
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