Go Ask Alice
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Being fifteen is hard, but Alice seems fine. She babysits the neighbour's kids. She is doing well at school. Someday she'd even like to get married and raise a family of her own. Then she is invited to a party, a special party where the drinks are spiked with LSD and Alice is never the same again.
This tragic and extraordinary true-life story shows the devastating effect that drug-abuse can have. But the big difference between Alice and a lot of other kids on drugs is that Alice kept a diary . . .
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Generally, I think books that show kids what drugs can do by real life examples is a great way to educate them. However, this is not a real diary even though it claims to be real even in the book. The plot just feels very weird and just not real. I found there to be some homophobic sentences in this book as well as some triggering events which were not properly discussed (in my opinion). However, I did find out that this book was apparently written in 1970, so that explains a lot. I was about to give this book two stars because I thought it could still give some educational value to some people but the epilogue killed it for me. This is just out of the blue and sounds weird because it is referring to the fact that keeping a diary is apparently necessary to stay alive. I think reading this book specifically in school nowadays would not provide the educational value you would like to get out of a diary-style book about drug (ab-)use. Hence, I can only give this book one star.
Generally, I think books that show kids what drugs can do by real life examples is a great way to educate them. However, this is not a real diary even though it claims to be real even in the book. The plot just feels very weird and just not real. I found there to be some homophobic sentences in this book as well as some triggering events which were not properly discussed (in my opinion). However, I did find out that this book was apparently written in 1970, so that explains a lot. I was about to give this book two stars because I thought it could still give some educational value to some people but the epilogue killed it for me. This is just out of the blue and sounds weird because it is referring to the fact that keeping a diary is apparently necessary to stay alive. I think reading this book specifically in school nowadays would not provide the educational value you would like to get out of a diary-style book about drug (ab-)use. Hence, I can only give this book one star.
Description
Being fifteen is hard, but Alice seems fine. She babysits the neighbour's kids. She is doing well at school. Someday she'd even like to get married and raise a family of her own. Then she is invited to a party, a special party where the drinks are spiked with LSD and Alice is never the same again.
This tragic and extraordinary true-life story shows the devastating effect that drug-abuse can have. But the big difference between Alice and a lot of other kids on drugs is that Alice kept a diary . . .
Book Information
Posts
Generally, I think books that show kids what drugs can do by real life examples is a great way to educate them. However, this is not a real diary even though it claims to be real even in the book. The plot just feels very weird and just not real. I found there to be some homophobic sentences in this book as well as some triggering events which were not properly discussed (in my opinion). However, I did find out that this book was apparently written in 1970, so that explains a lot. I was about to give this book two stars because I thought it could still give some educational value to some people but the epilogue killed it for me. This is just out of the blue and sounds weird because it is referring to the fact that keeping a diary is apparently necessary to stay alive. I think reading this book specifically in school nowadays would not provide the educational value you would like to get out of a diary-style book about drug (ab-)use. Hence, I can only give this book one star.
Generally, I think books that show kids what drugs can do by real life examples is a great way to educate them. However, this is not a real diary even though it claims to be real even in the book. The plot just feels very weird and just not real. I found there to be some homophobic sentences in this book as well as some triggering events which were not properly discussed (in my opinion). However, I did find out that this book was apparently written in 1970, so that explains a lot. I was about to give this book two stars because I thought it could still give some educational value to some people but the epilogue killed it for me. This is just out of the blue and sounds weird because it is referring to the fact that keeping a diary is apparently necessary to stay alive. I think reading this book specifically in school nowadays would not provide the educational value you would like to get out of a diary-style book about drug (ab-)use. Hence, I can only give this book one star.