Just finished the book Go Ask Alice
by Beatrice Sparks last night. This is a book that my 16 year old son, who is a freshman in high school was assigned to read in school. It originally claimed to be the actual diary of a 15 year old girl's decent into drug addiction but has since been discovered to be more a work of fiction. The book starts just before her introduction into drugs and follows her decent into a world of addicts and addiction, recovery and ultimately death. It is not a long book, I read it in two days part time. It is sad though and this girl had the benefit of a loving, forgiving, family. It was made into a movie in 1973 and there is a website called goaskalice that is a place teens can ask questions and get help that probably arose from the book. Not a book for young readers as it does deal with drugs, sex, alcohol, etc. but a good book educationally fora little older reader, say 13 or 14 and up depending on the kid and for parents. Glad I read it. If people could read their teens diaries they might be able to help and understand them more. I don't believe in snooping through kids things-unless their in trouble-then you do what you have to do to save them.
by Beatrice Sparks last night. This is a book that my 16 year old son, who is a freshman in high school was assigned to read in school. It originally claimed to be the actual diary of a 15 year old girl's decent into drug addiction but has since been discovered to be more a work of fiction. The book starts just before her introduction into drugs and follows her decent into a world of addicts and addiction, recovery and ultimately death. It is not a long book, I read it in two days part time. It is sad though and this girl had the benefit of a loving, forgiving, family. It was made into a movie in 1973 and there is a website called goaskalice that is a place teens can ask questions and get help that probably arose from the book. Not a book for young readers as it does deal with drugs, sex, alcohol, etc. but a good book educationally fora little older reader, say 13 or 14 and up depending on the kid and for parents. Glad I read it. If people could read their teens diaries they might be able to help and understand them more. I don't believe in snooping through kids things-unless their in trouble-then you do what you have to do to save them.
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