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Some more books are like ellen hopkins books but not written in. Some people maintain that alice in wonderland can only have been written by an author with considerable hallucinogenic mushroom experience under their belt. Like a blink of an eye the main character turns towards drugs, sex, and running away. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years. Go ask alice is a thrilling book, and reading it is like going through the troubles and challenges with her. Goodreads members who liked go ask alice also liked. An intelligent, sensitive girl with a literary flair, she experiments with drugs and the counterculture to escape from. The book is written in diary form, but the author is anonymous. Go ask alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteenyearold drug user. Then write an essay comparing and contrasting the book to go ask alice.

Go ask alice is a memoir that follows the diary of a teenage girl during the late sixties. Almost home annies baby basketball diaries, jim carroll beauty queen checkers cut a recent one about treatment of a self mutilator dear miffy which is full of really foul language beware dont you dare read this, mrs. The novel is in epistolary format, being comprised entirely of diary entries and as such, was first thought to be an autobiography. Are there any recommendations for books similar to female of the species and heroine both by mindy mcginnis that has to do with tougher subjects like these two rape culture and opioid addiction, respectively. A shocking true story for fans of reasons why kindle edition by anonymous. What is the only thing she owns that she would like to keep. Find books like go ask alicejays journal from the worlds largest community of readers.

I am looking for books like it, so if you know any, please tell. 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. The go ask alice community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. 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 sensitive. Returning to it as an adult feels a bit like youre taking part in a piece of pop culture in the vein of scared straight or reefer madness. Out of all the books i have read, go ask alice is on my.

Goodreads members who liked go ask alicejays journal also lik. Books by anonymous authors like anonymous what should i read next register for free to build your own book lists. I think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho. Alice s adventures in wonderland commonly shortened to alice in wonderland is an 1865 novel written by english mathematician.

Find books like go ask alice from the worlds largest community of readers. Anyone know any good books similar to ellen hopkins books, crank, burned, impulse, glass, etc. We dont have any recommendations for go ask alice book right now. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read go ask alice. Everything seems normal at first, but that soon changes when she is enticed into the world of drugs. If you like go ask alice you might like similar movies. Find books like go ask alicejay s journal from the worlds largest community of readers. It is not a definitive statement on the middleclass, teenage drug world. Since its publication over 150 years ago, lewis carrolls alice s adventures in wonderland has inspired a raft of adaptions and reimaginings.

Just the story of a teen who starts out okay, but then something goes wrong, he or she makes a bad decision, and life is wrecked. In the tradition of go ask alice halfshadowed face of a teenager on the cover, cautionary tale told in the form of diary entries, anonymous author. 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. As such, we hope it will provide insights into the. Her habit eventually becomes a problem, leading her to run away from home numerous times, before landing herself into. Teenage girlsdrug use youthdrug use united states drug. 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 the best ones. The story starts off like any other book, with a normal day and a normal family.

Alice alice is the anonymous protagonist her name is an allusion to a jefferson airplane song whose intermittent diary entries narrate go ask alice. References pop up in far flung places, from james joyces nighunreadable modernist tome finnegans wake to 1970s reefer madness tract go ask alice. If you like go ask alice you might like similar books crank, cut, identical, impulse, aimee. Pardon me as i wax pedantic, but what we tend to think of as alice in wonderland is two. The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a lie. Go ask alice anonymous diaries paperback january 1, 2006. All music movies tv shows books authors games podcasts. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited.

Anyone know any good books similar to ellen hopkins books. While the rest of her family adjusts to the new town, alice feels like an outcast at school. Only parents can decide if they want their children to read go ask alice. It may be reproduced in its entirety or excerpted for these.

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. Both are incredible books that are very well written and perfect for anybody like me who is interested in reading about the effect of drugs from the eyes of fellow teens. See more ideas about books, books to read, book worth reading. The diary begins right before alice s fifteenth birthday. Alice s father, a college professor, accepts a teaching position at a different college and the family will move at the start of the new year, which cheers alice up. Go ask alice is the original of that type of series.

Goodreads members who liked go ask alicejay s journal also lik. Like said before go aask alice was a book that has the same tone as the book reasons why, and on netflix the movie ask me anything is similar. It was not only educational, but also entertaining and almost as mesmerizing as go ask alice. A riveting firstperson tale of addiction, in the tradition of go ask alice and jays journal. If you like flowers in the attic you might like similar books petals on the wind, if there be thorns, garden of shadows, seeds of yesterday, my sweet audrina. It is, however, a highly personal and specific chronicle. Books similar to go ask alicejays journal goodreads. Though go ask alice is a classic, its not a good book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. If you like city of glass you might like similar books city of ashes, clockwork angel, city of fallen angels, clockwork prince, city of lost souls. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading go ask alice. Books by anonymous authors like anonymous what should. 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.