The Basketball Diaries

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Summary: full of amaizing artistry and powerful imagery
Review: This book is a magnficantly portrayed example of what drugs and peer pressure can get a person into. As soon as I picked up the book, I felt that I couldn't put it down and found myself staying up late at night to finish it. Other than causing extreme tieredness, the book could almost be called a "masterpiece."

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Summary: A perfect account of the struggles of the human soul.
Review: Get this book. Read it. Then read it again.

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Summary: i liked it
Review: This is the book that made me a real Jim Carroll fan, I have read all of his books and this is probably the best. Carroll shows that he had talent in writing at a young age through this book. I suggest it to all readers.

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Summary: The greatest yet.
Review: I founnd that this was probably the best book that i have read in a long time. I found that I couldn't put this book down and that everyone should read it.

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Summary: fantastic critics every were loved it. it is great
Review: i think young teens every were should read this best book since "the outsiders"it`s a great story because teens can learn from jim carrols mistakes

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Summary: AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
Review: This book{and movie} was so good! It was a very good lesson to me. It taught me not to get in the middle of drugs. It also shows that you DO get addicted and it is extremely hard to quit once you have started drugs. Al in all, I think you should read the book or rent the movie!

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Summary: A MUST READ
Review: Every teen should read this book. I was 14 the first time I read it and it was the first book I ever actual read from cover to end. I could not put it down.

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Summary: Leonardo out did himself again!!
Review: As usual Leo out does him selfagain. Ne thing Leo roles in has GOT 2 b good!! And in this case it certainly is trew!!! This was a very deep intense book and to the day I still cannot put it down I must of read it a million-zillion times but every time it just gets better!! Bravo to both Leo and Jim Caroll.

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Summary: frightening, enlightening, vivid , surreal
Review: A book which reflects troubled youth in a way that very view actually achieve. It provides a rush of emotion which fluctuates as rapidly as Jim Carroll's life within presented within the diaries.

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Summary: I'm still mesmorized!
Review: As a college student, I read numerous books daily and sometimes find myself having no personal time! But I FIND time to read Basketball Diaries! I love this book and the many different stories that Jim Carroll gives. I truly think that his life and what he went through as a teenager is what made him today. His experiences with drugs, sex, and mischief have made him deep. I truly loved this book and enjoy reading it whenever I can.