The anonymous alice is a 15 year old girl who gets caught up in the world of drugs after unknowingly trying a drink laced with lsd at a party. In the 1970s, this fake diary scaredand temptedteenage. Library journal an important book, this deserves as wide a readership as libraries can give it. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. It started when she was served a soft drink laced with lsd in a da. Sep 15, 2019 download go ask alice pdf by beatrice sparks. Mar 23, 2017 then, in 1978, a book called voices, a compilation of stories about troubled teens, was released, with jacket copy attributing it to beatrice sparks, the author who brought you go ask alice.
He is very worried and upset about the students and talked to me as though i were an adult. It graphically describes the waking hell into which the main character descends, her heartfelt but futile battles to. R cover art for the 1971 prentice hall first edition. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Until beatrice sparks, a therapist and mormon youth counselor, went on to claim she was the editor of the novel. The novel is in epistolary format, being comprised entirely of diary entries and as such, was first thought to be an autobiography. The sobering message of go ask alice had a huge effect on my. Sep 27, 2016 i think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho. Beatrice sparks has 12 books on goodreads with 4964 ratings. 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. The first edition of the novel was published in 1971, and was written by beatrice sparks.
Then write an essay comparing and contrasting the book to go ask alice. Go ask alice anonymous diaries paperback january 1, 2006. Go ask alice guys, they made an afterschoolspecial movie that is totally faithful to the book and it has a young william shatner. Jays journal, though it received a lot of criticism for not being the true story, was a good read. She started making public appearances as the book s editor. Go ask alice kept me mesmerized throughout the scenes, and its descriptions of the drug effects are very vivid and real. In go ask alice, the diary is written by a teenage girl over a twoyear period and chronicles her experiences with drugsmainly marijuana, acid, and speed. Go ask alice is a memoir that follows the diary of a teenage girl during the late sixties. Based on the bestselling book, go ask alice recounts a young girls ultimately fatal experiences with drugs in. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of go ask alice by beatrice sparks.
Third, the revelation, for the adult reader, that go ask alice is not, in fact, a real diary but a fictional hoax written by a mormon youth counselor named beatrice sparks. It felt like the author beatrice sparks wasnt sure how to end it got sick of. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years. Go ask alice is written as the diary of a fifteenyearold girls daytoday struggle with drug addiction. It was passed off as a real, anonymous diary for years and years, but the author is actually beatrice sparksdoes this change my opinion of the book.
Go ask alicejays journal anonymous diaries 9781442423107. While some people believe that go ask alice is not a true diary after all, but the wholly or partly fictional work of beatrice sparks one of the books editors and the author of several fictional teen diaries, the diary indisputably evokes the drug and sexsaturated atmosphere of the late 1960s. While some people believe that go ask alice is not a true diary after all, but the wholly or partly fictional work of beatrice sparks one of the book s editors and the author of several fictional teen diaries, the diary indisputably evokes the drug and sexsaturated atmosphere of the late 1960s. 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. Go ask alice beatrice sparks page 10 read online free books. Although go ask alice has been credited to an anonymous author since its publication, and was originally promoted as the real, albeit edited, diary of a real teenage girl, over time the book has come to be regarded by researchers as a fake memoir written by beatrice sparks, possibly with the help of one or more coauthors. 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. Beatrice sparks s most popular book is go ask alice. Pdf go ask alice book by beatrice sparks free download. The book took the romance out of the drug culture that so dominated the 1960s and 70s, and is hailed still today as a. First paperback edition march 1998 go ask alice taken from white rabbit, written by grace slick. Go ask alice by beatrice sparks book report sparks alice. Beatrice sparks also penned jays journal, the real diary of a boy that. Jul 03, 2014 therapist and mormon youth counselor beatrice sparks couldnt stay out of the limelight when go ask alice was swarmed with publicity.
Read online go ask alice by beatrice sparks ebook or. Go ask alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteenyearold drug user. It may be reproduced in its entirety or excerpted for these. It was later discovered that she was the author of the book too. I believe go ask alice imbued me with a great sense of fear about angel dust, but for some reason the bugscrawling bad trips on lsd in the book didnt serve as a cautionary roadblock. The book would have likely not seen publication had sparks not been acquainted with art linkletter, the television.
Go ask alice by beatrice sparks, 1972 08, avon edition, mass market paperback in english 24th printing. Beatrice sparks fictionally based on the diary of a fifteenyearold drug user chronicling her struggle to escape the pull of the drug world. 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. This detailed literature summary also contains further study and a free quiz on go ask alice by beatrice sparks. The book and especially the ending shows the harsh reality of drugs and addiction in teenagers. The diary begins right before alices fifteenth birthday. Only parents can decide if they want their children to read go ask alice. Sep 14, 20 and, from the go ask alice articles authorship section. Go ask alice is a fiction work written anonymously and first published in 1971.
Go ask alice was originally promoted as nonfiction and was published under the byline anonymous. Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years after. 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 return home and stay clean, her pleas to god to. The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a lie.
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. Revelation, for the adult reader, that go ask alice is not, in fact, a real diary but a fictional hoax written by a mormon youth counselor named beatrice sparks whose other books included jays journal the real diary of an anonymous boy who got involved in satanism and died and it happened to nancy the real diary of an. A year later came jays journal, the diary of an adolescent boy who succumbs to satan worship, which similarly credited dr. Read another book that deals with teenagers and drugs, such as crank by ellen hopkins and smack by melvin burgess. Go ask alice by beatrice sparks anonymous 55 stars. But she just cant resist the way the drugs make her feelbeautiful and popular and connected to the world around her. In addition, i always found the incidental lesbianism in go ask alice very attractive. In interviews conducted over the next few years, sparks identified herself as the book s editor and related that alice consisted partly of the actual diary of a troubled teen, and partly of fictional events based on sparkss experiences working with other teens. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. Free download or read online go ask alice pdf epub book. Some of the recurring reasons for it being banned are language, sexual content, and drug use. I hadnt thought dads friends could be so interesting, and funny.
Go ask alice by anonymous about the book she doesnt want to get hooked on drugs. However, not long after its publication, beatrice sparks, a psychologist, began making media appearances presenting herself as the book s editor. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 2 pages and is available in paperback format. Go ask alice by beatrice sparks setting the setting in this book i liked the most was the scene where alice and her friend chris run away to san francisco to start a new life. Go ask alice beatrice sparks page 7 read online free books. Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole. Jan 04, 2008 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,you are looking at books for reading, the go ask alice, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Go ask alice essays are academic essays for citation. Beatrice sparks, quote from go ask alice its a good thing most people bleed on the inside or this would be a gory, bloodsmeared earth.
There is the possibility that beatrice sparks may well have made at least one other if not more of other moralistic books to warn teens about the dangers of drug. A 15yearold girl in late1960s america is sucked into an odyssey of. After several underground and some mainstream movementsthink of elvis presley, james dean. See all 25 questions about go ask alice lists with this book. Publication date 1982 topics drug abuse, diaries, drug abuse publisher. January 24th after you\ve had it, there isn\t even life without drugs it started when she was served a soft drink. Go ask alice download pdfepub ebook gets free book. May 16, 2018 go ask alice was first published in 1971 and has since become one of the most banned books of all time. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full access to. Her first work, go ask alice, was published under the byline anonymous in 1971. Go ask alice is not, in fact, a real diary but a fictional hoax written by a mormon youth counselor named beatrice sparks whose other books. The main characters of this fiction, young adult story are. 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.
It is famous for its drugs are bad message, being banned for references to sex, rape and drugs, and almost certainly being a fake. Im partly somebody else trying to fit in and say the right things and do the right thing and be in the right place and wear what everybody else is wearing. Then, in 1978, a book called voices, a compilation of stories about troubled teens, was released, with jacket copy attributing it to beatrice sparks, the author who brought you go ask alice. Her habit eventually becomes a problem, leading her to run away from home numerous times, before landing herself into serious danger. However, not long after its publication, beatrice sparks, a psychologist, began making media appearances presenting herself as the book. In interviews conducted over the next few years, sparks identified herself as the books editor and related that alice consisted partly of the actual diary of a troubled teen, and partly of fictional events based on sparks s experiences working with other teens.
It is the story of a troubled young woman who seeks solace in drugs and the counterculture. See a complete list of the characters in go ask alice and indepth analyses of alice, diary, parents, and joel. Go ask alice 2006 read online free book by anonymous in. Rather than being a real life diary of a young drug.
Pdf go ask alice book by beatrice sparks free download 2. 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. Go ask alice by beatrice sparks is an epistolary work, meaning that is structured as a series of entries such as letters or in this case, a diary. Today dad took me to an antiwar rally at the university. By beatrice sparks a fifteenyearold drug user chronicles her daily struggle to escape the pull of the drug world access. Parents and school boards were worried that this book would encourage teens and preteens to try out drugs. Not long after go ask alices publication, beatrice sparks began making public appearances presenting. If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. After that one drink, she cant stop thinking about that initial high and seeks out other drugs. Beatrice sparks was an american therapist and mormon youth counselor who was known for producing books purporting to be the real diaries of troubled. She started making public appearances as the books editor. 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.
Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Every time after she uses, she feels guilty and low and vows to stay away. With william shatner, ruth roman, wendell burton, julie adams. Go ask alice book by anonymous official publisher page. It is not a definitive statement on the middleclass, teenage drug world. Therapist and mormon youth counselor beatrice sparks couldnt stay out of the limelight when go ask alice was swarmed with publicity. I think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho. Go ask alice is a novel by youth counsellor beatrice sparks, first published in 1971.
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