The Basketball Diaries

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Summary: This was a great book
Review: This book is definitely one of my favorites. I read it in literally 1 day, while at a garden and museum. It was impossible to put down. Carrol's depiction of himself at 15 was extremely interesting, and I would recomend this book to anyone, especially thse who think reading is boring . -Julia, age 14

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Summary: I Was Blown Away By This Book
Review: I am only twelve years old and I have not been exposed to much stuff about heroin, grass, and other drugs. But I saw beyond all that stuff in this book. It feels like you are looking through the eyes of Jim Carroll, and seeing his friends and enemies just as he saw them. This autobiography is like taking a piece of his life and living it. What I'm saying is, read the book. It is just awesome. I'd recommend this to boys and girls (I'm a girl) aged 13 or older or mature enough to handle R-rated content. -Salem Barona

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Summary: Teenage Memoirs lived to the hilt.
Review: This book altered my life to a certain degree,keeping my boots soiled & twisting in the comforts of proper ground.He has a voice of his own,the voice of a precocious teenager who is always above the situation with an intelligence & humility to back it up.The shrug attitude towards society & morality,& the elevation of events without inflating them towards the lines of ridicule,has become the hallmark of great counterculture writing,which to Carroll's distinct contribution he was able to add a new twist to this highly original genre.The words are undeniably hip,& the magic that comes out of it is that it doesnt come out tired & tried,rather a surmounting barrage that just keeps hitting to the end.The quest for purity wraps up the tale in a surprisingly contrasting depth of appropriateness.

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Summary: You have just got to read this book
Review: I loved the movie and the book. It expresses the feelings of a teenage kid who thinks he has no way out of life except to take drugs. Jim Carroll was a good kid and a great author who found out that drugs were not the answer. I admire Jim Carroll and all that he has done. If I could say one thing to Jim, I would just say, "I really admire you."

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Summary: This is a beautiful book about life on the streets of NY
Review: Jim Carroll is an amazing poet. His teen years were filled with highs, sex, violence, and much more but despite all that he wrote. The book was amazing. I can't even count how many times I have read it. I recomend Forced Entries as well which is another dairy by Jim Carroll.

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Summary: The Basketball Diares-the best novel
Review: After seeing the wonderful motion picture, I felt inclined to read the novel that inspired it. It was better than I expectated it to be.It's a great stroy, but can be very disturbing and even depressing. I highly reccomend it to you.

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Summary: One of the most interesting true stories I've ever read!
Review: The Basketball Diaries is a great book about a teenager in trouble. This book is very interesting and is like some teenagers' real life. You start reading it and think about how bad it really is for some teenagers in the world. While you are reading it you forget it is a true story because it sounds like a horror story people make up to convince kids not to do drugs . You don't really think about all the teenagers in the world that really have that problem with drugs. I really enjoy this book and I recommend it to all teenagers. It makes you really feel thankful for all that you have.

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Summary: PLEASE: READ THIS
Review: Considering this is one of the few books i have read in my life time, and i'm 16 years old it was the best book i've ever read! I did see the movie first, and yes Leonardo is absolutely a rad actor. I thought the movie was wonderful. When i told my sister she got mad and found the book, she said she read at least 10 times. Now i have read it twice. So please take a little trip and READ this book. If you like reading about other peoples lives and problems, and how he learned about life, and his morals, please check it out.

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Summary: Must be read!
Review: I read this book before I saw the film and I did not put it down until it was finished. I became so involved that if I read a bit that I found particually interesting (all of it) I just had to tell someone what was going on. I felt that the film gave the book justice and had to buy it when it came out, as well as the soundtrack!

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Summary: The reality of this book makes it greatly interesting
Review: After seeing the movie, I had to read this book. I found that the book was even better, as always. You can't find fictitious books this well written. This book showed me a side of reality that I had never known; and yet I could still relate to it. After picking up the book and not being able to put it down until I was finished, I am now looking for more Jim Carroll books to interest me as much as this one did