Another young adult Classic

Citation:

Anonymous. Go Ask Alice. New York: Simon Pulse, 1971.

Awards:

Although this book never received any formal award recognition in the literary world, it has enjoyed widespread popularity and is considered to be a classic in young adult literature.

Annotation:

Go Ask Alice is the diary of a fourteen year old girl that covers two years of her exploration into a world of drugs, peer pressure, intimate relationships, and ultimately her family’s acceptance.

Review:

This is a quick and fascinating read regardless of whether you can buy into the idea that it is really a diary written by some anonymous teenage girl. Go Ask Alice is also the story of the harsh reality of drug addiction and the ugly side of running away from home. I recommend this book because it provides readers with a gritty view of teens, sex, drugs, parents, runaways, and the family dynamic of a “normal” middle class American family in the early 1970’s. Whether this book is a real diary or not, it grapples with real life issues that concern us all.

Genre: Classics

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