This book serves a positive message through horrible choices. Stay away from drugs, the wrong people, and educate yourself. I read this book when I was fifteen. This story scares the hell out of you through a teenage girl. This book consists of drugs, sex, and violence. Definitely recommend, at a decent age of course. This story shows the struggles of being addicted to drugs, and wanting so bad to go back and erase it all. But, of course no matter how many times she tries, she' cant.

This book is a little disappointing in that it is indeed a work of fiction. However, coming from a teenager, this book has convinced me to refrain from trying LSD, etc. The book is also a little stale in that the author (Beatrice Sparks) wrote in a way that only an adult can - as a teen, you'll notice certain things Alice says that most teens wouldn't, for example her repeating of three words ( really, what teen does that haha). Overall, this book is a worthwhile read for parents with coming-of-age teenagers who (hopefully) haven't been exposed to drugs. I've experimented with several different drugs, and I can tell you I would have been much more reserved about trying them had I read this book when I was younger. It's a fast read and easy to understand, which is another reason why it's good for teens. If you're looking for similar material, Ellen Hopkins' books are excellent. Her books "Crank" and "Glass" are a fictionalized version of her daughter's journey into the jaws of "the monster" (that being meth). Happy reading!

i love this book, i think it is great for any teen, parent, young adult to read. It may have been written in the late 60's but the use of drug and thoughts of teens have not changed much since then. There is still a huge drug problem in the world right now especially in the younger generation. This is a informitive story of a girl who was once innocent and naive and when she got involved in the wrong crowed only because she wanted to fit in he life completly changed. You watch a young girls life go completly to rock bottom and you feel attached to her. Go Ask Alice teaches you what can happen when you get into drugs and its hard to stay away from them once you have started and know how easy it is to get ahold of them. This is appropriate for all ages, it is good for everyone to know what can happen if you get into drugs, and it can scare young kids away.

Good Book. i feel like this is a real diary its just been changed quite a bit. i think if you all keep saying its fake, wouldn't the person that wrote the diary be offended? but i think exposeing her diary would be embarassing too. I do have the questions, How could she carry the diary everywhere? exspically when she runs away and end up next to a pregnaut lady.

Okay, so I read this DIARY when I was 14 or 15. It helps teens understand the importance of not trying any drug. To the first reviewer...it is a young girls actual story and its heartbreaking. It explains in the beginning its a DIARY and at the end it says that she passed away because of an overdose. "Alice" thought she was fine. This "book" was a real life and it had a soul.

LOVED IT!! this book expains alot about the issues teens go through while growing up.. its gritty and down to earth. This explains how wonderful it feels when your on drugs; how your mind is way out of perception but it also explains what happens when drugs become everything in your life and nothing you do can change the urge to resist the need for the release.

this is for sure a book to keep kids from running away and doing as they please, i read it, but thats not gonna change how i act! its a little bit to unrealistic