Jamie smithjackson portrays a shy, slightly overweight high schooler who is so anxious for acceptance that she falls in with the drug crowd. If you spent any time in the young adult section of a library, you probably remember a slim paperback that with its chiaroscuro cover depicting a haunted girl staring out at you, and subtitle labeling it a real diary almost vibrated with secret knowledge. Perhaps you can do some charitable work, start a book club, paint, or chat online. Its said that the author of the book upon which this movie was based wrote it as a work of. Nov 05, 2012 this is for my english class banned book week assignment.
Youll see three book covers from each decade, and for each question. Sep 16, 2012 go ask alice 1973 full movie miss flowahs. Go ask alice is a fiction work written anonymously and first published in 1971. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction. I never blamed the book for fueling my anxietiesthose wheels were clearly already in motionbut i do. 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. Reading go ask alice the socalled real diary, first published in 1971, of an anonymous girl who took drugs and diedis an experience so widely shared that theres little point personalizing it.
Go ask alice, a real diary in print for four decades. Ask alice 24 alice s acting career, jesus christ superstar, waynes world and more. Go ask alice has been around for decades, and is even being used as reading material in high schools. As powerfuland as timelytoday as ever, go ask alice remains the definitive book on.
Some people maintain that alice in wonderland can only have been written by an author with considerable hallucinogenic mushroom experience under their belt. Go ask alice, first edition cover, prentice hall 1971. Go ask alice is written as the diary of a fifteenyearold girls daytoday struggle with drug addiction. With over a million copies in print, this book has become a classic. 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. This is my first anonymous book, having never read any of the other similar books published in the previous years go ask alice, lucy in the sky or jays journal.
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. This is an exlibrary book and may have the usual libraryused book markings inside. She told me that she started doing drugs after she read the book, thats how amusing the read was for her. An intelligent, sensitive girl with a literary flair, she experiments with drugs and the counterculture to escape from her low selfesteem and consuming loneliness. Go ask alice by beatrice sparks goodreads share book. 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. Jan 04, 2008 do you know anything about the book go ask alice. Nov 20, 2003 based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girls fatal journey into the world of drug addiction.
Go ask alice by anonymous and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Aug, 2015 if all of this sounds daunting, consider hiring an editor or marketing writer to help you craft your books backcover copy in the most compelling way possible. The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a. Go ask alice a teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale. I took the book and the comforter back to my powder blue room and. Anonymous is the author of go ask alice, published 2005 under isbn 9781416914631 and isbn 1416914633. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist. A slayers diary is an original 2006 novel based on the american television series buffy the vampire slayer. An intelligent, sensitive girl with a literary flair, she experiments with drugs and the counterculture to escape from.
Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after. The actual story of a desperate girl on drugs and on the run who almost made it. January 24th after youve had it, there isnt even life without. See a complete list of the characters in go ask alice and indepth analyses of alice, diary, parents, and joel. The sobering message of go ask alice had a huge effect on my lifeand then i. 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. Alex, and our family is the one that will always love her and always take her back. Yet it was originally promoted as nonfiction, its still sold as by anonymous and the copy i have has this is alice s true story on the cover plus the blurb on the back, the foreword and the psychologists comment at the back.
Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years. I cant believe this is legally sold as nonfiction in the year 2014 when back in the 70s the real author came forward admitting some of it to be her work. 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. Go ask alice by anonymous 1971, hardcover for sale. Many books have influenced my life and how i think, but very few have altered my sense of reality.
Morse history mary ryan karnes april 02, 2019 alice c. An award winning novel by the name of go ask alice did that. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited. Punctuation or grammar goofs in this highly visible spot broadcast the message that your book was not professionally written.
In case you arent familiar with it, its supposedly an anonymous diary found by the parents of a fifteen year old drug user after she. Details about lucy in the sky anonymous teenage drugs young adult go ask alice tpb. Go ask alice by anonymous if you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. While i know this is the best option for me financially, i cant help wishing i could just leave. Details about lucy in the sky anonymous teenage drugs young adult go ask alice. Howling hilarity upon rereading the book in this context. Letting ana go is the diary of a 16yearold girl chronicling how a simple task of keeping a food journal for track turned into an uncontrollable obsession to be thin. The diary begins right before alices fifteenth birthday. The book s title references go ask alice, a controversial book which was an account of drug abuse. 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. It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this stripped book. In turn, the title of the book was named from the jefferson airplane song, white rabbit, which includes the lyrics, go ask alice when shes ten feet tall, written in reference to possible drug references in alice in wonderland novel.
If you keep that in mind, alice s reliance upon religious tropes whenever she starts to come down off a drug binge is slightly less cloying. Only a true bookworm can beat this book cover quiz. Who does lsd and then marijuana, she asked, as if id read the book for veracity at the ripe age of thirteen. Blonde and gagged, a combination of glamour, pinup, and erotic art. 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. He and alice get to know each other better, as does her family.
Mar 23, 2017 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 author, robert joseph levy, also wrote the buffyverse novel the suicide king. Yet it was originally promoted as nonfiction, its still sold as by anonymous and the copy i have has this is alice s 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. Alice book alice in wonderland book adventures in wonderland story books my books french sayings go ask alice vintage book covers mad hatters. 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. Dave nestler has tread the waters between the two shores, creating his notorious glamourotica series. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to.
Youre about to travel back through the last six decades of literature. Alice alice is the anonymous protagonist her name is an allusion to a jefferson airplane song whose intermittent diary entries narrate go ask alice. Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole. In retrospect, i can see that reading go ask alice at that particular stage of my adolescence had a profound effect on the person i became.
Morse, book, cover, design comment if you love book covers, you can thank the british and american arts and crafts movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 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. 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. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Poignant and unflinchingly honest, her story is a tragedy that is repeated in towns and cities across the country. Top nasa images solar system collection ames research center. The title references go ask alice, the controversial book about drug abuse. This is my second read of go ask alice, and i loved it just as much the second time around.
See more ideas about alice book, alice and alice in wonderland book. See more ideas about alice in wonderland book, alice in wonderland and wonderland. Based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girls fatal journey into the world of drug addiction. Its said that the author of the book upon which this. Pressure to use drugs at school intensifies, as the kids harass alice and her family. The book go ask alice was the reallife diary of a teenage girl. The anonymous 1971 real diary of a teenage drug addict is unabashed. Go ask alice anonymous diaries paperback january 1, 2006. 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. Hi alice, ive recently moved back home with my parents and im struggling. The best selling, 1971 novel, go ask alice far surpasses its film adaptation by beatrice sparks because of the removal of crucial scenes.
Go ask alice is an amazing story that is passed on a real persons diary. Readers often look forward to seeing their favourite novel be brought to life. I originally had this book in paperback when i was about 14 and it made a huge impact on my life and how i viewed the struggles of being a teenager and wanting to fit in with the in crowd. To ask other readers questions about go ask alice, please sign up. Read one or more of these books and compare them to go ask alice. Lucy in the sky anonymous teenage drugs young adult go ask. Only parents can decide if they want their children to read go ask alice. The whole point of go ask alice is to teach kids that drugs are bad, and the authors wanted to cover all the bases. It started when she was served a soft drink laced with lsd in a dangerous party game. In case you arent familiar with it, its supposedly an anonymous diary. Novel versus the movie adaption of go ask alice essay. You cant ask alice anything anymore but you can do something. Oct 03, 2016 go ask alice is the firstperson tale of an accidental downward spiral into drugs, alcohol, unwanted sex, and impoverished living.
In the 1970s, this fake diary scaredand temptedteenage. Through out the history of film, many productions have been made based on best selling novels. 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. About for books go ask alice for kindle video dailymotion.
This is for my english class banned book week assignment. There have been other books that deal with teenagers and drugs, most notably crank by ellen hopkins and smack by melvin burgess. May 22, 2019 of course she knew go ask alice was a fake. Then, helplessly, i turned back to the first page editors note.
The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a lie. The diary of an anonymous teenager eating disorders. Its easy to argue that go ask alice is a terrible book. Beatrice sparks a fifteenyearold drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world.
Alice meets a freshman at the university library, joel. The cover art of the avon books paperback edition of go ask alice presented it as a real diary. Go ask alice, live aradio, live set, 2015 addeddate 20150612. This is all to say that i essentially have go ask alice memorized. Alice was the pseudonymous name of the teenaged author who wrote the book upon which this aboveaverage tv movie was based.
I suspect she was exaggerating, but thats not the point. Everyone who encounters go ask alice goes through the same four stages titillated horror, for the young reader, at the book s dramatic depictions of drug use. Its been 25 years since i first saw this infamous, antidrug tvmovie, which, at the time, was reportedly based on the diary of a 15yearold named alice, who went from innocent high schooler to teen junkie more recently, the book was exposed as a fake. Radio default, go ask alice, live aradio, live set, 2015. Go ask alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age. Image will be used as a limited edition cover for zenescope comics for the title alice in wonderland available as a limited edition comic book for the baltimore comicon.
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