Books similar to go ask alice meet your next favorite book. Go ask alice by anonymous about the book she doesnt want to get hooked on drugs. She explains that she bought the diary yesterday when, in high spirits after being asked out by a boy she liked roger, she believed she finally had beautiful thoughts to share with herself through writing. To ask other readers questions about go ask alice, please sign up. Is anyone else laughing out loud that celebrity cruises is using the song white rabbit by jefferson airplane in its current tv advertising campaign. Go ask alice, a real diary in print for four decades. With over a million copies in print, this book has become a classic. Go ask alice is a memoir that follows the diary of a teenage girl during the late sixties. Then she helped by a priest that helps her reunite with her family. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction. Go ask alice by beatrice sparks, 198208, avon flare edition, mass market paperback in english 1st avon flare printing 77. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after publication. She is a pretty typical teenage girl in the late 1960sshes mostly concerned with school, boys, her hair, and fitting in okay, thats pretty typical for any decade. The book was purported to be the real journal of a 15yearold girl who was the alice of the title.
Welcome to ask alice boutique go ask alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteenyearold drug user. In the controversial book, two teenaged friends spiral. Posted by jmariedavis december 8, 2011 leave a comment on go ask alice. So go ask alice is the story of a young woman falling into a spiral of drugs, depression, and debauchery after an accidental exposure to drugs. Parents and school boards were worried that this book would encourage teens and preteens to try out drugs. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years. The most controversial books of all time readers digest. Go ask alice and celebrity cruises subscribe to rss feed. A shocking true story for fans of reasons why kindle edition by anonymous. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to return home and stay clean, her pleas to god to. I think this book writes in a interesting way while it teaches us a life lesson by expressing in diary form.
Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist. Alice, once a shy, innocent girl, is sucked into the heartless world. Do cross dressers share any characteristics other than the desire to cross dress and the guilt that usually accompanies such desire. Go ask alice was the product of beatrice sparks, an author who has come out with a number of teens who saw their lives ruined by their bad choices offerings, each one presented as a true. Welcome to ask alice boutique book is about a teenage girls struggle with drugs. Some of the recurring reasons for it being banned are language, sexual content, and drug use. Dec 08, 2011 after reading go ask alice and preparing a research project on it, i feel that the biggest reason books are banned is because of depiction vs. Go ask alice is a supposed diary of a young girl caught up in the wild life of drug abuse in the late 1960s. Jun 16, 2002 a photograph is a secret about a secret, diane arbus famously said. Throughout the whole book, it brought the readers attention by giving us enough details.
Go ask alice by anonymous beatrice sparks banned library. Be sure to give several specific examples from the text and the song. All picture source titles are hyperlinked to the pages that they appear on this site. Created during the height of the drug era, the girl could be anyone from this time who found him or herself seduced by the mindaltering affects of marijuana, lsd, bennies, dexies, and heroin. But those of you old enough to remember the latter portion of the 70s might remember that beatrice sparks, the editor of go ask alice, also edited a bunch of other alarmist books aimed at teens, all supposedly taken from teenagers diaries. A book report on go ask alice english literature essay. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. She is a pretty typical teenage girl in the late 1960sshes mostly concerned with school, boys, her hair, and fitting in okay, thats pretty typical for any decade when her fathers new job causes her family to move across the country, alice is thrust into a new school at a time when she is at best. Jul 17, 2016 go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after publication top 100 bannedchallenged books. Go ask alice was published anonymously in 1971, but in the last two decades, it still lives in the top 25 most frequently banned books, according to the american library association. The list go ask alice has been one of the most frequently challenged books, according to the american library associations frequently challenged books of the 21st century list, since its publication in 1971, for content relating to drugs, sexual explicitness, offensive language, and inappropriate themes for the target age group frequently challenged 1.
It is not a definitive statement on the middleclass, teenage drug world. In a 1995 village voice column for banned books week, nat hentoff described it as an extraordinarily. Oct 06, 2011 go ask alice is a memoir that follows the diary of a teenage girl during the late sixties. Dear alice, what causes a heterosexual male to cross dress. The people that challenged this book claimed that it should be banned due to drugs. Go ask alice is an amazing story that is passed on a real persons diary. Based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girls fatal journey into the world of drug addiction. And the kicker is that its supposedly ripped from the diary of an actual teenaged girl. This book is supposedly the real diary of a teenage girl struggling with drug use. The sobering message of go ask alice had a huge effect on my lifeand then i found out the real story.
Alice acted like she was sick, so she didnt had to go to school. The poor girl in this story gets hooked on acid, which is possible to do, i know people who have been there before, and trys so hard to get past it. The chumminess would proceed from here, with each stage. Go ask alice was designed to be the true events of a young. Go ask alice is small, 224 under size pages and written in diary format so is a quick read. I read this when i was 12, what an impact it made on the rest of my life. At the 16th of june, alices grandmother died in her sleep. Radio default, go ask alice, live aradio, live set, 2015 addeddate 20150612 10. Or maybe you saw the 1973 madefortv movie based on it costarring star treks william shatner. This story follows the typical template for the say no to drugs genre of liturature.
Im from the hippiepeacelove generation and that song was. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage p. A dark and edgy firstperson cautionary tale about how one girls seemingly minor choices quickly spiraled into a life as a sex worker in the tradition of go ask alice and lucy in. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Go ask alice, published in 1971, was the fictional account of a young womans spiral into drug abuse, written in an unsparing diary format. Go ask alice teaches you what can happen when you get into drugs and its hard to stay away from them once you have started and know how easy it is to get ahold of them. An award winning novel by the name of go ask alice did that. Her habit eventually becomes a problem, leading her to run away from home numerous times, before landing herself into serious danger. A dark and edgy firstperson cautionary tale about how one girls seemingly minor choices quickly spiraled into a life as a sex worker. Joel gave her alice a lot of strength and offered her to go to the funeral. Included are new features, more interaction, better integration with social media, and a widget to have go ask alice. Jul 03, 2014 go ask alice was published anonymously in 1971, but in the last two decades, it still lives in the top 25 most frequently banned books, according to the american library association. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage indepth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment.
Go ask alice was first published in 1971 and has since become one of the most banned books of all time. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after. The title go ask alice was taken from a 1967 jefferson airplane song called white rabbit. Go ask alice was a stark counterpoint to the freewheeling ethos of the early 70s that was ahead of its time, eventually fitting in perfectly with the war on drugs and d. This is a fabulously trashy and fun book about three young starlets trying to claw their way to the top in. Alice is an anonymous character and the most we know about her is that she is white, middleclass teenager who struggles to fit in at school and to live up to her parents expectations. I can understand its controversy over the years and why it was a banned book for many. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Only parents can decide if they want their children to read go ask alice. Lines from go ask alice that, in hindsight, should have tipped me. It is, however, a highly personal and specific chronicle. Alice begins to sell drugs to help her boyfriend earn money. Jan 01, 2006 go ask alice is a memoir that follows the diary of a teenage girl during the late sixties.
It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to return home and stay. The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a lie. Go ask alice is written as the diary of a fifteenyearold girls daytoday struggle with drug addiction. This is appropriate for all ages, it is good for everyone to know what can happen if you get into drugs, and it can scare young kids away. The diary begins right before alices fifteenth birthday.
As such, we hope it will provide insights into the increasingly complicated world in which we live. But she just cant resist the way the drugs make her feelbeautiful and popular and connected to. Are there any reliable therapies to help the crossdresser resist and overcome his crossdressing urges. But at the same time, weve all been so bogged down in d. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading go ask alice. Go ask alice is a diary of a teenage middleclass girl. See all 25 questions about go ask alice lists with this book. I can see why this book is controversial, i think you would need to be careful with young.
Every time after she uses, she feels guilty and low and vows to stay away. Explain in detail how the lyrics of the song parallel the story. Novel versus the movie adaption of go ask alice essay cram. But she just cant resist the way the drugs make her feelbeautiful and popular and connected to the world around her. Everything seems normal at first, but that soon changes when she is enticed into the world of drugs.
Created during the height of the drug era, the girl could be anyone from this time who found him or herself seduced by the mindaltering affects of. I picked up this book at our recent friends of the library sale. Poignant and unflinchingly honest, her story is a tragedy that is repeated in towns and cities across the country. Not alice beatrice sparks doesnt have a website, but one person has built an entire website about the book anyway, so click on through for all things alice. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to. For thirtyfive years, the acclaimed, bestselling firstperson account of a teenage girls harrowing decent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teen readers.
Go ask alice guys, they made an afterschoolspecial movie that is totally faithful to the book and it has a young william shatner. I am always on the look out for classics and banned books often one and the same when i seen a copy of this book. For our final project my group read the book go ask alice by anonymous. So many people mistake the words they are reading as a tool to promote what the book is talking about. If youre looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our weekly recommendation thread, suggested reading page, or ask in rsuggestmeabook.
This photograph was controversial for a different reason when it first started circulating in 2018. Creating film adaptations for movies has become very common because directors can be sure that their target audiences are intrigued by the topic of their future film. Go ask alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age 15 and runs away from home on a journey of selfdestructive escapism. Go ask alice was published anonymously in 1971, but in the last two decades, it still lives in the top 25 most frequently banned books. The story is a look into a teenage girls life as she gets mixed up in the tragic life of drugs. Go ask alice was published anonymously in 1971, but in the last two decades, it still lives in the top 25 most frequently banned books, according to. Who does she sell drugs to that makes her feel really guilty and upset. Go ask alice by anonymous banned book but was it real.