Go Ask Alice is about a girl who lives a normal life. She has normal parents, and normal friends. Untill everything goes wrong. One day a boy introduces her to drugs. She loves them. Little bye little she tries every kind of drug she can get. Finally, her drug use gets out of control and she decides to leave home with her friend and start a buisness. That of course goes all wrong too and she comes home again. Again, and again she messes up her life. Follow Alice on this never-ending journey and help her find her life. Watch out for the tearjerking ending.
This book has taught me never to even THINK about using drugs. It is really scary the things that happen to her. I would give this book a 10+ and I was sad when it was over.
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ReplyDeleteThis book is very powerful and overwhelming, at times. Its message is loud and clear.
If you are interesting in reading this book, PLEASE GET YOUR PARENTS' PERMISSION first. Some parents are be uncomfortable with their 5th grader reading Go Ask Alice because it is about serious drug abuse, and they may feel that kids should be older before reading it. Other parents are fine letting their 5th grader read the book. But, you need to find out your parents' feeling on the subject before pursuing this book.
It would be interesting to find out where parents stand on this. After you read this post, ask your parents and post their response. Your mom and dad might even have different opinions on the subject! Wouldn't it be interesting to find out?
I talked to my parents about it and they had a tiny bit of a different opinion at first but then they agreed, no. My mom said that she didn't like the sound of it because she thinks that I'm still growing. She also said that she knew I know about drugs but it's a bit too grown up for me.
ReplyDeleteMy dad said that he wanted to think about it, his true answer was no, for the same reason as my mom said.
I also think that this is too grown up for me because I don't think children should be exsposed to details when they are older. We shouldn't get too depresed at this age.
When I talked to my parents about this book it was a confused conversation. They kept wanting to know more about the book,who wrote it, did I need to read it. I told them about it being about a girl who had a serious drug addiction. I told them about Maggie saying how it was a scary dark story line. When I told them that they seemed to sort of cringe. They still wanted to know more, what was it about, what happened, that kind of thing. They came eventually to saying that they would have had to know more about it. They told me about how certain things can be offending to different people. That came to how certain books can be banned. It turns out that the Golden Compass is banned in several public and private schools and in Canada. They told me that they couldn't say why because they haven't read the book. I think it makes all the difference about how you think of a book from how much you know about it. This book mainly doesn't seem like something I would want to read though. There is such a good selection of books out there that I wouldn't want to read one that would make me depressed and sad.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom and Dad said go ahead and read it if I wanted to read it. Even through it is a overwhelming my parents don't care
ReplyDeleteMy parents said if I wanted to to I should not. They said I if I wanted to read the book I should wait till I am in Middle School (the age of 12). Why my parents said no was because my mom read the book and she said that the book whould be to hard for me to comprehend so my parents both agreed and said no.
ReplyDeleteThis book is not depressing for all of you that think it is!
ReplyDeleteMy parents gave this a lot of thought and they wanted to learn more about it, and after they went deeper into Go Ask Alice, they said maybe. My mom says that "developmentally, the issue of drug abuse is not an appropriate or necessarily appropriate topic for 5th graders. They will be exposed to this stuff in time. Still, it is a good topic for discussion of what lies ahead, just premature." And by the way, my mom is a doctor so she has more complicated reasons about this book. After hearing my moms opinion, i don't want to read Go Ask Alice. My mom says that she doesn't want me to read this book by myself, but she says that she would be fine if I real it with her.
ReplyDeleteI also have one question for Clem, do you know who the author is? And to add to that, is this book a true story? If it is a true story, then maybe the author is Alice.
ReplyDeleteMy parents would like to reread the book before they make a decision. They both remember reading the book but they were older than 10 years old.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom said that I was definatly mature and knew enough to read it but it would too horribly sad and depressing for me.And my dad didn't read it, but funny enough he'd say the same.
ReplyDeleteLike Emi, my mom said she would like to read the book first. She said she would like me to know about that stuff, but maybe not now. My dad agrees.
ReplyDeleteNow that Maggie and Clemmy have told us about the book, I can't help being curious.
It isn't a true story but it's based on the diary of a real 15-year-old. I do know the author of this book I just kinda forgot. Wikipedia it.
ReplyDeleteMy parents said that it would be ok if I read this book. They said that I'm grown up enough now to choose my on books. Thats all they said really.
ReplyDeleteWhen I asked my parents what they thought of me reading that book they said that it's fine whith them but that I had to talk to them as I read the book. My mom said that they think that because number one I should Know about that stuff and number two it is good to know about it because it's my dad's bussnes.
ReplyDeleteBoth my parents say its perfectly fine to read it and it would be good to start on a different type of book.
ReplyDeleteMy parents are fine with me reading the book. They almost seemed encouraging for me to read it. They both said that I was definately mature enough for it. My dad said that it was good to get an idea of some of those bad things in the world. He also told me that if I wasn't quite sure about a certain subject then I should ask him about it. My parents are very supportive of me starting to get a feel for the real, sophisticated world. They really are just giving me freedom in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteMy dad said "yes you can read this book, because we belive that information is a form of knowledge and power. The more information you have the more you will be able to deal with everyday life."My dad thought the same as my mom.
ReplyDeleteMy dad said "I grew up with the drugs around me." This was a very interesting how every parent has a different opinion. My parents said I should read it.
My parents said pretty much the same thing witch is
ReplyDelete"Well, I haven't read it yet." my mom said that she thought that it was to old for me; she said that it was a high school book, but my dad said it was for middle schoolers. He just said the same thing," I haven't read it yet." and, " I haven't herd of that book before.''
My mom was thinking to get it for my brother. What do you think?
My mom suggested that we google book reviews for Go Ask Alice.
ReplyDeleteShe read this book when she was a teenager but could only remember that the book was pretty intense and that it made a big impresion on her. We read a couple book reviews together.
My mom says that after seeing the book reviews, that I should make up my own mind. But I should just keep one thing in my head.
Whenever you see or hear or read something, it will be in your mind for a long time.
My decision is to hold off on the book until I get a little older, bassed on the fact that the book is pretty intense.
Man, do I agree. I would never want to take drugs, not even if it was the only thing left on earth! I LOATHE drugs. When I came up to my mom and asked her: "What would you say if you saw me reading a book about someone who is adicted to drugs?" She told me that it would be ok with her "but we would have to talk about it" she said. Then, when I went over to the kitchen and asked my dad, he said to me: "That's fine, though I'll have to explain to you about some things you would't understand."
ReplyDeleteMy mom and dad said really different things.
ReplyDeleteMy mom said if I seem interested in the book then I should read it but if it seems that I'm not interested then I should not read it.
My dad just said that I should wait until I'm 14 to read it. But then he said maybe if he read it, he will change his mind. Then we could have a conversation about it and see if it is okay for me to read.
Ok, I know I don't have to post a comment but I really want to! This is what I think:
ReplyDeleteIf you think that you might be too young to read the book or that you want to read it when your older, that's fine. BUT, it still is really important to read this book because it is so powerful. As Nick said, books stay in your head for a while after you read them. But in this case, that is a good thing. I was talking to same last night he said drugs are for screw-ups. But really, in reality, anybody can get addicted to drugs. Take Alice for instance, she had a perfect life with nothing wrong. But when the boy gave her drugs... She loved them.
That's just giving you how I feel, in a nutshell.
I asked my parents and they said go ahead if I wanted to. But my mom said if you have any questions I should tell her. Or if i got scared or said.
ReplyDeleteI taked to My parents about it and they said you can read if you want too. I asked them why could read this book? they said they wanted me to know that drugs are very bad for any ones' boody amd how it can mess peoples lifes.
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ReplyDeleteThis book looks sa, but not depressing. It looks like a great life lesson. My parents say I can read it. Mainly because it would teach ME a lesson too. Also because they think I can read what I want.
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