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Summary: A realistic Story
Review: I would recommend the book Go Ask Alice to anyone who can stand the truth about the pains and struggles a young teenager can face living in the real world. Not only is this book very graphic, but it is also very upsetting in some parts. If you find graphic talk about death and drugs repulsive, I would not recommend this book to you. Although the book was hard to get through because of the graphic elements and the gut-wrenching details, it was very hard to put down once I started to read it. The book is in a diary format, and you can tell when she is really into the drugs because the dates on the pages become question marks. In one section, "Alice" is tripping on acid when she sees her deceased grandfather smothered in worms and maggots. The way that the events happened in the book was also frustrating to me because of her regression in personality and morality. Another part of the book that I found disturbing, was where "Alice" is pushing drugs to the kids in the local grade school. I won't reveal the conclusion to you, but I will tell you that after reading the book, the only thing on my mind was that what had happened to "Alice" could very well happen to me, or to someone I know. If you do not know the plot, the fundamentals are that a teenage girl goes to a party, and while there, her drink is laced with LSD. This sends her life spiraling into a world of hardship and troubles. The thing that got to me the most is the fact that "Alice" wasn't brought up in a rough neighborhood or household. Her parents raised her to have high morals, yet she turns out to be a completely addicted junky. I would recommend this book to adolescents 13 and older because of the content and language included in this book.
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Summary: Go Ask Alice
Review: Go Ask Alice is an awesome book! She deals with realistic problems of a teenage girl. I can relate to almost everything she went through and the people she put up with. To me it was kind of like reading my life story. I could understand her problems with peer pressure, drugs and her struggles with her family. She gives great detail in the adventures experienced in her life. The first chance I get I'm going out and buying this book. I would recommend Go Ask Alice to everyone I know.
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Summary: Go Ask Alice
Review: Reading Go Ask Alice I felt as if I was reading about a close friend of mine, the type of person you've known forever. I could have even been reading about myself when I learned how easily it all had happened. She had been slipped some LSD in her coke. Before you knew it she had fallen down the rabbit hole and was running away from home and using drugs more and more frequently. She was another white-girl from a middle-class society who thought she was too fat and not popular enough. But the thing with Alice was that she isn't just another girl. This book will leaving you feeling sorry and confused for her.
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Summary: A real life story
Review: When I first read 'Go Ask Alice' it scared me. It's a story about a girl who looses touch with reality. This book could be about someone you know or maybe you have gone through the same kind of situations. 'Go Ask Alice' is an exellent book. She gets tangled in with the wrong crowd and wants to feel like she somebody, so she starts doing drugs and having sex and runs away. I personally recommend this book to anyone, but it's a slap in the face at how scary it really is.
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Summary: My OpinionGo
Review: Go Ask Alice was one of the best books I ever read. I thinkall teens should read this book. It helps you to understand thedangers of drugs; it doesn't just say that drugs are bad but it shows you the affects. The book is a real diary of a girl's struggle with peer pressure. Alice started out as a normal person and ended up dying of an overdose. She was tricked into trying LSD at a party and things just went down hill from there. Alice really liked the trips but she knew it was wrong to do drugs. Alice would do almost any kind of drug she could get. She even sold drugs so that she could get more drugs. Alice started doing drugs all the time and she would end up running away from home. She would realize that she needed to quit using drugs and she would go home. Alice's parents always welcomed her back with open arms. Her life turned into one big cycle; she would start using drugs, run away, stop using, go home, and then the cycle would just start over again. When she would stop using drugs she would go to a party and get tricked into taking something and she would get raped. I recommend this book to everyone, not just teenagers.
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Summary: Main Facts
Review: I just read Go Ask Alice, and I really thought it was awesome!My favorite part of the book was when Alice ran away the first timebecause it shows young people can have responsibilities and that we are capable of taking care of ourselves when we really have to. Alice and her friend did really good with the shop in San Francisco, and keeping themselves together. The shop wasn't a lot but most of the younger kids came in to listen to the radio, and watch TV. The worst part of the book to me is when Alice's grandpa died of a stroke. She thinks her grandma died out of loneliness without her husband. I think it was extremely sad and emotional for her whole family. I was surprised when she didn't decide to go back to drugs when her grandparents died. From that point on Alice's life was a great challenge for her. It had to have been really hard for Alice not to go back to all the drugs at that point of her life. Furthermore, how she was there for her family when her grandparents died. The hardest thing Alice had to accomplish was getting away from the drugs, and starting a new life for herself. It took a lot of courage and self esteem for her to succeed. This book was one of the best books I have ever read. I really liked it because it explains how some teenagers end up. Also, the book has a good moral to it. The moral is that you shouldn't do drugs. They can mess up your life forever. The diary entry is based on a true story about how Alice was trying to fight her drug addiction. It wasn't easy, but for Alice, it was possible. I rate the book Go Ask Alice 5 stars, because I thought it was a really excellent book. I feel that the anonymous author removed specific sections of the book; but it all still makes a lot of sense. It seemed that I was with her every emotion that she went through.
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Summary: A once in a lifetime experince
Review: I really like the book. It was a great book and I would tell anyone to read this book especially if they are having problems with drugs. I would rate it as a 4 because I couldn't put the book down. The language was a little bad but it was understandable. I also thought there was a lesson to be taught to kids these days. The lesson I thought was that if you do drugs then you might end up like Alice did in the story. The book Go Ask Alice is an interesting book because unexpected things happen. For example, when Alice comes home from San Francisco she does great; then she goes back to drugs again. This book is full of surprises. The beginning of the book was boring because nothing really happened. I thought the part in the book GO ASK ALICE where she sales drugs to a local grade school was a bad thing to do or even to think about doing. The book GO ASK ALICE made me think about what might happen to me or anyone I know if they do drugs or acid. I also think that kids under 10 shouldn't read this book because of the language used.
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Summary: World Without a Clue
Review: The Giver, by Lois Lowery is a great book about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community surrounded by sameness. None of the citizens have their own minds, feelings, or anything that people experience in our world. Jonas lives in a world without color, love, hate, war, peace, real family, real friends, infatuation, Christmas or even a birthday party. However, Jonas is different; he begins to see color and to realize that he does have feelings. Later at the Ceremony, Jonas, who turns twelve, is assigned Receiver of Memory, which is a position he doesn't understand. When he went for his training, the Giver gives him memories of all the things that the community is deprived of. After receiving all of the memories, Jonas realizes that he doesn't want the community to live without all of the fun and pleasure and pain. He and the Giver devised a plan to send those memories out to the community; but to do so, Jonas has to escape from the community. I like this book a lot. It really makes you think about how clueless people can be and if we could be so clueless as to think that the world that we've known all of our life is rigged and how much we could be missing out on. Jonas' community didn't think anything of the "sameness" because, what could they think? They thought what they were supposed to think and what they've lived through all of their life. I didn't really like the end too much though because it is kind of a mystery. I hope the other people who read this book get as much out of it as I did. I think everyone should read this book at least once, if not more.
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Summary: Remember What The Door Mouse Said
Review: I've just read this book and I'd like to say that I relate to Alice very much. Not that I'm a big drug addict or anything, but that I'm a teenager. I think alot of teenagers feel the same way as Alice and that we all have the oppurtunity to slip into a world of drugs. Some of us more than others and I know I've certainly had the chance and I hope that I never submit to these temptations. The world of durgs that Alice has fallen into is very real to me, I could see myself standing in the shadows with Alice. Usually when I read a book I can envision the room, the people, and every minut detail, but for this book I couldn't. In those respects I didn't feel it deserved five stars. Personally I love to read and feel that every book is worth reading.
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Summary: Had a Good Message
Review: I thought this book would be more interesting, but then realized that it was a book of journal entries. At first the book made you think that drugs are a good thing. Then her symptoms really burst through. It got kind of boring after she was put in the mental hospital. I do recommend this book, though.
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