its really good but has some violence andalot of drugs and some minor drinkingbut i really enjoyed reading it. This is not a fun light read bu if you take the time and patience it is a all right book

I think it is important for kids to read about things that are bad. Parent anti- drug talks are lame and no kid wants to listen to what their parents have to say. This book allows kids to learn about the effects drugs can have on their lives. Maybe this should be the new anti-drug campaign... To comment on the bad language and violence and drug comments of others: Well DUH! That's the point. This is real life stuff. You would never believe what kids are really doing these days. I think they need to read about what could happen if they don't think about their actions. Without books like this, kids will just have to try these things on their own instead of reading about it....

I'm 16 and only recently discovered Go Ask Alice! in my school library. I have never done drugs I don't drink and I'm not into wild parties however I found I could really relate to the book from a teenager's point of view. I keep a diary and there are things in there I will never share with another person but here is this amazing book opening up to things that most teens lock away. This story really touched me and I have taken to reading any teen story I can get my hands on including Our Little Secret by Allayne Webster and Impulse by Ellen Hopkins. I would recommend Go Ask Alice! to children 15 years or older but I feel it takes a certain type of person to understand this book completely, it simply is not for everyone. I am frustrated by the knowledge but accept that if you were to give this book to many of the 15 or 16 year old kids I know most would not appreciate the book and the message it is trying to give to them. I wish that many of the girls I know could understand because as the pressures of society grow they also start to spiral downwards. Many people criticize this book saying it isn't a real diary and it is all false but really does it matter? One review went so far as to say no teen would use some of the longer words especially in a diary and personally that offended me. I would most certainly use that kind of vocabulary. That is a major problem I find with reviews of any sort especially ones that criticize, we should be encouraging people to make up there own minds about things not damning them before they begin. Different people like different things and I believe in approaching everything with an open mind. I would tell anyone who picks up this book by accident or because they were looking for it to just give it a try. Even if you don't like it it's no big deal stop reading, return it to the library it doesn't matter but don't condemn it before you give it a chance. And to all those people who give harsh comments to turn people away from something be the mature one step back and say I'm going to let you make your own decision. By all means have your own opinion just don't force that opinion on others no offense meant just let people make independent choices. I used to judge things before I'd even tried them and I am thankful for the day my mother locked me in my room until I had read a particular book to prove to me that you only have to give it a try. That series turned out to be one of my all time favorites and I'm a better person now with that lesson in mind and a broad perspective, looking past the face value of someone or something.

go ask alice is by far the most saddest story i have ever read. i read the whole book in one day, by the time i was almost done i was overwelmed. whoever published this did the right thing. go ask alice is a book about a girl who goes through the motions of drug use. now i'm only 14, and i thought i knew alot when talking about drugs, (NOT THAT I DO THEM) because i'm one of those people who know that through out my life no matter how hard it gets drugs are wrong. but when i read this story, i couldnt believe somethings that drugs did. i can just imagine the amount of teenagers who saved their lives by reading this book. i think people need to encourage troubled teens to read this book, or read it to them. this book is truly worth reading. sad, but worth it.

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This is a good book. As a teenager this book made me more aware what can happen, it also makes me think about why somesone would want to screw up there life by doing drugs. So parents i would allow your kids to read this book as a high school student and a high maturity they need to see what can happen. For all we know *Alice* can be an any day person but you never know. Also if you should be very careful at partys. You never know your kid could be the next victim.

A friend recommended this book to me and upon reading the back thought that it might be something my 11 year old could read. I could not have been more wrong. Even though the message/warning about drug use was clear there were other experiences in the book that were in no way appropriate for a girl of her age. As of yesterday I discovered that one of her teachers at school has recommended (thankfully recommended, NOT required) it to the class...without having read it herself. For children that are 14+ I think that it's a book that they can handle. Anyone younger and I think it pushes the boundaries.

i think this was a really good book to read . teenagers can learn from this.

I think that this book is very good and educational about how using drugs even once can get you addicted. If kids don't get talked to about drugs, alcohol, and sex. Then there is no preventing them from tiring drugs or alcohol and maybe even using protection during sex so they don't get and std or get pregnant.