Books like go ask alice and jay's journal

Reading go ask alicethe socalled real diary, first published in 1971, of an anonymous girl who took drugs and diedis an experience so widely shared that theres little point personalizing it. Hoping to fill in sketchy gaps in jays journal i interviewed many of his friends and teachers. I was deeply fascinated by the events and suffering and obstacles that this girl had to. Jays journal by anonymous in the tradition of go ask alice, a harrowing account of a teen boys descent into drugs, satanism, and death. If you like jays journal you might like similar books lucy in the sky, go ask alicejays journal, tilt, fallout, letting ana go. But below the surface, she felt like she could never be good enough. A withdrawn adolescent boy s initiation into the occult draws him ever deeper into the bizarre world of witchcraft, voodoo, and satanism until, at age sixteen, he commits suicide. The truth behind jay s journal and interviews with the family, sparks used roughly 25 entries of 212 total from barrett s actual journal. Goodreads members who liked go ask alicejay s journal also lik.

Go ask alicejays journal book by anonymous, beatrice. These books, the most wellknown of which is go ask alice, serve as cautionary tales. As a whole they said he was a mostly just like everybody else. Jays journal letters from the inside lisa, bright and dark mature audiences perks of being a wallflower. Beatrice sparks is a family and adolescent therapist who edited the diary that formed the basis for go ask alice, and has since edited many diaries on topics such as gangs, aids, and teen pregnancy in the 1988 annies baby. According to a book written by barrett s brother scott a place in the sun. Jays journal book by anonymous, beatrice sparks official.

Aside from that though, this box set is absolutely amazing. Jays journal, though it received a lot of criticism for not being the true story, was a good read. Its a scaremongering, preachy piece of fluff that rings hollow from beginning to end. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read go ask alice. The sobering message of go ask alice had a huge effect on my lifeand then i found out the real story. Jun 15, 2009 go ask alice was a diary of a teenage girl. Oct 27, 2018 go ask alice free download ebooks pdf 1416914633 go ask alice a real diary pb n in the 35 years since its original publication, this acclaimed, bestselling diaryformat account of a teenage girl s harrowing descent into the nightmarish world of drugs has. Oct 27, 2018 go ask alice free download ebooks pdf 1416914633 go ask alice a real diary pb n in the 35 years since its original publication, this acclaimed, bestselling diaryformat account of a teenage girl s harrowing descent into the nightmarish world of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teens readers. Go ask alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age 15 and runs away from home on a journey of selfdestructive escapism. Jays journal was also a good read, although i didnt connect with it as well as go ask alice. Go ask alice is a startling frank and disturbing glimpse into the mind of a teenager as she spirals further down into drug addiction and prostitution. Go ask alice by anonymous was obviously very real, but i wasnt as fond of it.

Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage protagonist. Ooh, i know this is an old topic but those books are from the publisher push, if i remember correctly. Then, in 1978, a book called voices, a compilation of stories about troubled teens, was released, with jacket copy attributing it to beatrice sparks, the author who brought you go ask alice. Find books like go ask alicejay s journal from the worlds largest community of readers. I didnt read it until i was working at frederick county middle though as a teacher. She helped edit a second diary entitled jay s journal. The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a. Go ask alice jay s journal by anonymous a boxed set of two classic, cautionary tales. Go ask alice kept me mesmerized throughout the scenes, and it s descriptions of the drug effects are very vivid and real.

In the 1970s, this fake diary scaredand temptedteenage girls all. But if you give some intellectual thought, its an almost silly book. Jay s journal, just as go ask alice, is still promoted as the true diary of a young teenager. Go ask alice kept me mesmerized throughout the scenes, and its descriptions of the drug effects are very vivid and real. Of course, about halfway through, i realized i hadnt ever read it at all. Buy a cheap copy of go ask alicejay s journal book by anonymous. Based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate. Almost home annies baby basketball diaries, jim carroll beauty queen checkers cut a recent one about treatment of a self mutilator. Jan 04, 2008 go ask alice was the product of beatrice sparks, an author who has come out with a number of teens who saw their lives ruined by their bad choices offerings, each one presented as a true. Go ask alice and jays journal are the only books of sparks that have any proof of real people behind them, and are based on actual diaries, and yet only go ask alice is listed as fiction by the publisher ever since sparks admitted that it was not entirely true, although it is still sold as nonfiction in many bookstores, and generally. Its great in a sense, different than anything i read at the time. She died three weeks after the last journal entry was written. Go ask alice free download ebooks pdf 1416914633 go ask.

Now i want to reread go ask alice and jays journal. Jay s journal was also a good read, although i didnt connect with it as well as go ask alice. The fact that the family which brought the diary of their son, real life teen suicide alden barrett, to sparks in 1974 and asked her to do a go ask alice on it to keep other kids from killing themselves basically imploded after sparks pulled 21 out of 212 diary entries and fabricated the rest to produce jays journal, turning the book into a. Lucy in the sky a riveting firstperson tale of addiction, in the tradition of go ask alice and jays journal. Sloane tanen is the author of nine illustrated and ya books, including the bestseller bitter with.

Jay was a sweet, bright high school student who cared about his grades and his friends. Beatrice sparks also penned jays journal, the real diary of a boy that died after getting involved with satanism and it. Go ask alicejays journal a boxed set of two classic, cautionary tales. The sobering message of go ask alice had a huge effect on my. Go ask alicejays journal anonymous diaries 9781442423107. So when she s finally accepted by a group, she doesnt refuse their party games, even if it means taking lsd. Turned out to be a thinly veiled anti drug propaganda book, no real alice, no diary. She later wrote jays journal which was based on yet another true story and what she did with that one is unforgivable. However, beatrice sparks, a psychologist, stepped forward as the editor of go ask alice. Much like found footage films like blair witch, this is fake and made to play on your heartstrings.

Beatrice sparks was a mormon therapist and youth counselor and was in her 50s when she wrote go ask alice. It was a gripping, entertaining read that i believe is of value as a piece of fiction. Many books have influenced my life and how i think, but very few have altered my sense of reality. With jays journal however i believe that beatrice sparks went a bit overboard. Like she could never live up to the expectations that surrounded her. The author of this diary began journaling on her sixteenth birthday. The true story of an anonymous teenagers life on the streets, annies baby. If you do like it, there is another book called jay s journal that is very similar.

Beatrice sparks also wrote jays journal, another teen diary about satanism and others about teen pregnancy, aids etc. I guess i just loved go ask alice so much that i thought i had read jays journal too. Tell us what you like and well recommend books youll love. If you like jay s journal you might like similar books lucy in the sky, go ask alice jay s journal, tilt, fallout, letting ana go. Everyone who encounters go ask alice goes through the same four stages titillated horror, for the young reader, at the books dramatic depictions of drug use. It was based on the journal of alden barret who was a 16yrold boy who committed suicide. Even now im not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things ive gotten from books. In it, he felt free to express his confusions, his hopes, and his fears. Has anyone who struggled with addiction read go ask alice. Editorbeatrice sparks and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Another book written in the style of crank is jinx by margaret wild. Much like the original warning tale go ask alice, this tells the story of a boy who fell in with the wrong crowd and his life was ruined.

Go ask alice is a 1971 book purporting to be a diary of a teen girl falling into drug addiction. When jay falls in with a crowd thats dabbling in drugs and the occult, he finds himself in over his head and. Mar 16, 20 sparks apparently is the authoreditor of several books like go ask alice, such as jays journal, treacherous love. One book that is extremely similar to go ask alice is jays journal, written by anonymous aka beatrice sparks again. Jan 22, 2018 revelation, for the adult reader, that go ask alice is not, in fact, a real diary but a fictional hoax written by a mormon youth counselor named beatrice sparks whose other books included jays journal the real diary of an anonymous boy who got involved in satanism and died and it happened to nancy the real diary of an. These books included jays journal, another alleged diary of a real teenager that sparks was later accused of mostly authoring herself. This kind of book is obviously intended to carry a moral message. A riveting firstperson tale of addiction, in the tradition of go ask alice and jays journal. Jay s journal, though it received a lot of criticism for not being the true story, was a good read. The diary of anonymous, a pregnant teenager and it happened to nancy. I read it at an impressionable age and i can honestly say it scared me away from ever trying drugs. According to a book written by barretts brother scott a place in the sun. As a whole they said he was a mostly just like everybody else boy. Go ask alice, a real diary in print for four decades.

Soon she s taking little pills to wake up and others to go to sleep, and the days begin to blur. It s great in a sense, different than anything i read at the time. Go ask alicejays journal by anonymous 2010, paperback. Jays journal, originally published in 1979 and rumored to be based on an actual boys life and suicide, is a wrenching and cautionary tale reminiscent of go ask alice, and is presented by the same psychiatrist, dr. Go ask alicejays journal, anonymous diaries by anonymous. Goodreads members who liked go ask alicejays journal also lik.

If you dug the drug addiction theme of go ask alice id check out scartissue by anthony kiedis. Find books like go ask alicejays journal from the worlds largest community of readers. The book that defined my teen anxiety turned out to be a lie. Almost home annie s baby basketball diaries, jim carroll beauty queen. Happening upon that anonymous diary felt like a great discovery. The truth behind jay s journal and interviews with the family, sparks used roughly 25 entries of 212 total from barretts actual journal. Go ask alicejays journal by anonymous a boxed set of two classic, cautionary tales.

I am completely aware that both go ask alice and jays journal are edited to take away identifying names or create more flow to the writing etc. A withdrawn adolescent boys initiation into the occult draws him ever deeper into the bizarre world of witchcraft, voodoo, and satanism until, at age sixteen, he commits suicide. Books similar to go ask alicejays journal goodreads. In the 1970s, this fake diary scaredand temptedteenage. Poignant and unflinchingly honest, her story is a tragedy that is repeated in towns and cities across the country. Sparks apparently is the authoreditor of several books like go ask alice, such as jays journal, treacherous love.

If you enjoyed go ask alice then you will probably like this one more so than you would her other books. I had remembered jays journal from middle school and i decided that i wanted to reread it. A year later came jays journal, the diary of an adolescent boy who succumbs to satan worship, which similarly credited dr. She has claimed and described, with vagueness, her work and relation with adolescents as a youth counselor in the church. A year later came jays journal, the diary of an adolescent boy who. Based on a 15yearold s diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girl s fatal journey into the world of drug addiction. The truth behind jays journal and interviews with the family, sparks used roughly 25 entries of 212 total from barretts actual journal. Sep 27, 2016 i think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho. I think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho.