Anonymous. (1971). Go Ask Alice. London, Enlgand: Prentice-Hall International.
Brief Annotation: Go Ask Alice is a collection from a young, traumatized girl’s uncovered diary that eventually turned out to be the writing of a psychologist trying to bring fear into young people’s minds. This realistic contemporary writing, if it can be considered that is a far-fetched version of what really happens when someone’s life becomes in engorged with drugs. The main characters diary continues on page long trips in details that I only assume is written by someone who has never experimented with drugs. The story ends sadly, and unexpectedly, when the narrator dies after a long period in sobriety. Although it never says so, it leads the reader to believe her life ended in the same way her drug use began through deception.
Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction
Grade Level: 7-12
Response/Rating (1-4): 1, Before doing my research, I presumed that this book was as it claimed, a true story. I was stunned that after her period with sobriety and how positive her life was going, that she would relapse and die so suddenly. I thought that perhaps her death was caused by the people who drugged her previously. I began to do research because I needed an answer as to why her death was so abrupt. This was when I realized that this book and many other books claiming to be anonymous were not. I was disappointed that I trusted what I had read without question.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Do you know someone that has been caught up with drugs? What do you know about avoiding peer pressure?
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