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If you liked go ask alice by author anonymous, here are some books like this. This is my second read of go ask alice, and i loved it just as much the second time around im an advocate for banned stories that teach. Essay about go ask alice by anonymous 837 words bartleby. Shes just gotten him and shes thinking about dying or not wanting to, really. Kris from sf, ca this song was not written about the book go ask alice. Lines from go ask alice that, in hindsight, should have tipped me. The bell jar appears in each of these capacities in the bell jar, plaths semiautobiographical novel, and each appearance marks a different stage in. Goodreads members who liked go ask alicejay s journal also lik.

Go ask alice by anonymous about the book she doesnt want to get hooked on drugs. Go ask alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug habit at age 15 and runs away from home on a journey of selfdestructive escapism. If you liked or wanted to like go ask alice, try reading. See more ideas about books, books to read, book worth reading. Based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girls fatal journey into the world of drug addiction. Find books like go ask alicejays journal from the worlds largest community of readers. She was like any other teenager that had a school crush, wanted to be popular, and was always conscious about the way she looked. The author definitely had an agenda, and reading more about the author, it doesnt at all surprise me that she. Go ask alice, written by an anonymous author, is a diary kept by a fifteenyearold drug user. But she just cant resist the way the drugs make her feelbeautiful and popular and connected to. Grimes snaps at elon for correcting explanation of sons name. Dont worry if you dont know what you want to say yetright now youre just collecting ideas and material and letting it all percolate. I read about guy montag, linebyline, 12 straight times. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to return home and stay clean, her.

One book that is extremely similar to go ask alice is jays journal, written by anonymous aka beatrice sparks again. A shocking true story for fans of reasons why kindle edition by anonymous. In the 1970s, this fake diary scaredand temptedteenage. The book is based on the true diary of a sixteen year old boy from utah who ultimately committed suicide after joining a satanic cult, and the writing style is very similar to go ask alice. Jun 12, 2015 if you liked go ask alice, tell me why. 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. These books are often removed from schools or public library shelves. One year i opted to just reread fahrenheit 451 each month. Oct 03, 2016 go ask alice is the firstperson tale of an accidental downward spiral into drugs, alcohol, unwanted sex, and impoverished living. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years.

It is, however, a highly personal and specific chronicle. This is my second read of go ask alice, and i loved it just as much the second time around. The author definitely had an agenda, and reading more about the author, it. Really enjoy those books, you voracious reader, you. Obviously, all of these books end with the teenager dying, because if i know.

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. Go ask alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteenyearold drug user. Girl by blake nelson written like a diary of a true 16 year old girl even though it written by a man, also made into a movie fat kid rules the world by k. I think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading go ask alice. Her works address an assortment of singleissue problems like drug abuse, occultism.

The author, through this book, doesnt wants his readers to look for advise in it, but to learn about the real world in which some teenagers have to live through. See all 25 questions about go ask alice lists with this book. Go ask alice is a reference to a jefferson airplane song called white rabbit, which alludes to rampant hallucinogenic drug use in lewis carrolls alice in wonderland. In the same vein, go ask alice is young adult literature because thats the audience it was specifically geared toward. If you like go ask alice you might like similar books crank, cut, identical, impulse, aimee. After back and forth her parents wanting her to stay and herself wanting to stay, if seems like a long time coming that simply made the book drag on. Go ask alice is a 1971 book generally viewed to have been written by the author beatrice sparks, however the novel was published originally under the pseudonym anonymous. 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. One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small and the ones that mother gives you, dont do anything at all go ask alice, when shes ten feet tall and if you go chasing rabbits, and you know youre going to fall tell em a hookahsmoking caterpillar has given you the call and call alice, when she was just small when the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to. Or maybe you saw the 1973 madefortv movie based on it costarring star treks william shatner.

How does the bell jar function as a symbol in sylvia plaths the bell jar. Hi, i am reading go ask alice and so far i love it, and i would like to read more books like it. Nowadays ya lit is pretty universal harry potter really opened the doors for people to read childrens books no matter what their agebut in 1971 when our book was written that wasnt really the case. In it, she chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between kristina, a. Some people maintain that alice in wonderland can only have been written by an author with considerable hallucinogenic mushroom experience under their belt. Since its publication over 150 years ago, lewis carrolls alices adventures in wonderland has inspired a raft of adaptions and reimaginings. Books similar to go ask alicejays journal goodreads. Go ask alice is a memoir that follows the diary of a teenage girl during the late sixties. Find books like go ask alicejay s journal from the worlds largest community of readers. Its good for alice to talk to people outside her friend group. Only parents can decide if they want their children to read go ask alice. A bell jar is a bellshaped glass that has three basic uses.

Because this book is presented as a diary, it is written exclusively from the first person past point of. Jun 05, 2008 i need to find a quote from it that goes a little somthing like this. Everything seems normal at first, but that soon changes when she is enticed into the world of drugs. As this article details, the kids who wereare most likely to read books like go ask alice arent going to be the ones in the hardcore drug scene. Mar 23, 2017 m avon books paperback edition of go ask alice.

The diary begins right before alices fifteenth birthday. It was so soothing, and i loved the release of not having to feel like i was constrained to read a lot of. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. Go ask alice by anon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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. For many years, american schools have been pressured to restrict or deny students access to books or periodicals. Sep 27, 2016 i think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho.

Say im weird, but i love books about teens or people with horrible lives, or about peopleteens doing drugs, having sex, drinking underage, running away, or murder books, sort of like go ask alice, so please, tell me. Every time after she uses, she feels guilty and low and vows to stay away. D espite the popularity of go ask alice, the mystery of the diarists identity has never been truly solved, and none of her relatives have ever come forward to claim a share of the royalties. The book and especially the ending shows the harsh reality of drugs and addiction in teenagers. 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. Her habit eventually becomes a problem, leading her to run away from home numerous times, before landing herself into serious danger. Jan 01, 2006 go ask alice is a memoir that follows the diary of a teenage girl during the late sixties.

Aug 10, 2016 at a diner, she meets other kids who dont usually hang around in her scene. Goodreads members who liked go ask alicejays journal also lik. Go ask alice is written as the diary of a fifteenyearold girls daytoday struggle with drug addiction. Go ask alice is the firstperson tale of an accidental downward spiral into drugs, alcohol, unwanted sex, and impoverished living. Dec 25, 2017 like most back alleys of russiagate, the tracks of this story are murky. Most of the entries are boring, much like they are at the beginning of the book. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to return home and stay.

Sparkss most famous work, go ask alice 1971, was originally published. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction. But she just cant resist the way the drugs make her feelbeautiful and popular and connected to the world around her. Pardon me as i wax pedantic, but what we tend to think of as alice in wonderland is two separate novels.

Go ask alice by anonymous was a diary of a fifteenyearold girl, named melanie. Soon shes taking little pills to wake up and others to go to sleep, and the days begin to blur. Go ask alice is a 1971 novel by beatrice sparks that bills itself the reallife diary of an anonymous teenage girl. Like most back alleys of russiagate, the tracks of this story are murky. When she was only fifteen she was slipped lsd in her drink at a party and she loved it. She thinks someday shed like to get married and raise a family. So when shes finally accepted by a group, she doesnt refuse their party games, even if it means taking lsd. Go ask alice has been around for decades, and is even being used as reading material in high schools. Ellen hopkinss semiautobiographical verse novel, crank, reads like a go ask alice for the 21st century. Each day is heaven or hell, depending on who talks to her, or who doesnt. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after. References pop up in far flung places, from james joyces nighunreadable modernist tome finnegans wake to 1970s reefer madness tract go ask alice. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage p.

R cover art for the 1971 prentice hall first edition. The book was written in 1967 and the song was originally written around 1965. Jefferson airplane white rabbit lyrics songmeanings. Go ask alice was supposedly the diary of an anonymous teen girl who drank.

Our young, unnamed protagonist feels like she doesnt fit in and has a crush on. Sparks explanation for this is that voices translated into spanish wouldnt. Go ask alice when shes ten feet tall and if you go chasing rabbits and you know youre going to fall tell them a hookahsmoking caterpillar has given you the call call alice when she was just small when the men on the chess board get up and tell you where to go and you just had some kind of mushroom. Stream go ask alice unabridged audiobook at by user1868941 from desktop or your mobile device. Life at 15 isnt easy for a girl if shes shy and hates the way she looks. Once you know what question you want to answer, its time to scour the book for things that will help you answer the question. The song white rabbit predates the book go ask alice. The entire book reads like the literary equivalent of this tweet. This study guide consists of approximately 52 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of go ask alice. Find books like go ask alice from the worlds largest community of readers.

Pretty good, i dont usually read books that were written like a journal but i heard good. It is not a definitive statement on the middleclass, teenage drug world. Yet it was originally promoted as nonfiction, its still sold as by anonymous and the copy i have has this is alices true story on the cover plus the blurb on the back, the foreword and the psychologists comment at the back everything is still packaged to make out this is nonfiction. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist. In it, she chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between kristina, a more. I am looking for books like it, so if you know any, please tell. Click on a title, author name or category to see similar books. It has sold over four million copies, was adapted as a tv movie with william shatner, and is still in print over 40 years later. With over a million copies in print, this book has become a classic. 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. 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. There is an alice in the book go ask alice, but shes a minor character mentioned in only one paragraph. Grace brought it with her from the great society when she joined up with jefferson airplane in 1966. The novel is in epistolary format, being comprised entirely of diary entries and as such, was first thought to be an autobiography.

Alices adventures in wonderland and through the lookingglass. Poignant and unflinchingly honest, her story is a tragedy that is repeated in towns and cities across the country. Pardon me as i wax pedantic, but what we tend to think of as alice in wonderland is. 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. Today we feature the year 1993 and go ask alice, by anonymous. For many years, american schools have been pressured to restrict or deny students access to books or. Leading up to banned books week 2012, ala will highlight one book. Teenagers drug use teenagers alcohol use teenage girls diary fiction. Goodreads members who liked go ask alice also liked. Shes kind of shy too and prefers books to people just as i do.

As such, we hope it will provide insights into the increasingly complicated world in which we live. Books like the harry potter series, go ask alice, or the hunger games series are all on the banned book list. Only publishers weekly threw shade, remarking that it. I read it when i was in the seventh grade and was absolutely terrified by the searingly honest portrayal of what i assumed it felt like to.