Almost Lost : The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets

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Summary: Help!!
Review: This book is terrable! I thought it would be a neet story, well I was wrong it was the most boring book that was a recording of a boys therapy visits and it goes on and on about how he hates life and hates everything and everybody until at the end everything is solved and he is Mr. Happy Face! Then it is over. So don't waste your money

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Summary: So unrealistic it's pathetic.
Review: This book seemed like it would be interesting when I first saw it. I had read many of the other books that Beatrice Sparks had "edited" and thought they were pretty good. (Even if she may have written them as some people think) But this book was horribly unrealistic.

The phycologist was too cheesy, and the main character Sam was too happy despite his many problems. The point that set it over the edge for me was he "hi-fived" the phycologist because he was oh-so-happy to be able to talk to her. Real people that have just spent 3 months on the street after running away are not that suddenly happy.

Take my advice, do not read this book!

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Summary: Could Be Better
Review: This book seems very interesting at first glance. But once you start reading it you start to realise how very unrealistic it is, this does NOT seem like it is a true story. It's hard to believe that Sammy comes in depressed and angry the first day yet, seems excited and very willing to get over his problems the next. I was VERY disappointed with this book, the only thing that's the least bit interesting about it, is the story about Sammy's past which doesn't do very much for the whole book.

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Summary: Could Be Better
Review: This book seems very interesting at first glance. But once you start reading it you start to realise how very unrealistic it is, this does NOT seem like it is a true story. It's hard to believe that Sammy comes in depressed and angry the first day yet, seems excited and very willing to get over his problems the next. I was VERY disappointed with this book, the only thing that's the least bit interesting about it, is the story about Sammy's past which doesn't do very much for the whole book.

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Summary: It was okay...
Review: This book started out compelling and interesting, but ended up being a sappy story with no real solution to all the suspense it hosted.

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Summary: A Story/Therepy Session that will make you cry!!!
Review: This book was absolutely Fantastic! At first, the book was kind of, well, boring. It starts out as a therepy session for a kid and his life on the streets. The whole book is therepy sessions from Dr. Beatrice Sparks and Samual Gordon. When you hear his storys, they are really deep. I cant tell you what happened to Sammy, but I can assure you, it wasn't pretty! You'll have to read this book for yourself.

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Summary: No.
Review: This book was terribly hard to follow... i dont know if its just me but the whole therepy tape style just wasnt working for me. Plus... it didnt seem real... the realationship between sammy and the lady just sounded so... fake and... like a cheesy script or something. i didnt really like the book.

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Summary: ok...................but
Review: This was a good book, but it was kind of boring to me. All Sammy did throughout the book was go to a phsychiatrist's office. This book took me a very long time to read, not because I didn't like it but because it took place in a shrink's office. I didn't like how it was just recordings edited and put onto a piece of paper. I did like this book at the end, it's just that the beggining was hard to get into.

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Summary: It was ok
Review: This was a good book, but it was kind of boring to me. All Sammy did throughout the book was go to a phsychiatrist's office. This book took me a very long time to read, not because I didn't like it but because it took place in a shrink's office. I didn't like how it was just recordings edited and put onto a piece of paper. I did like this book at the end, it's just that the beggining was hard to get into.

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Summary: ok...................but
Review: THIS WAS OK BUT IT HAD ALOT OF OVER DRAMATISING FEATURES IN IT. I THOUGHT THE BOOK WAS VERY INTERESTING IT HAD ALOT OF MEANING TO IT BUT WAS WIERD. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SHRINK AND SAMMY WAS WEIRD. I DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHY SHE WOULD SAY GOOD MORNING SUNSHINNING SAMMY? THAT WAS WIERD TO ME THEY SEEMED ALOT CLOSER THAN WHAT THE BOOK TELLS.