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Which alice in wonderland character are you most similar to. The diary begins right before alice s fifteenth birthday. But the author traveled in relatively tight social and academic circles. Go ask alice is about a 15 year old girl, once living in what she thought was the most perfect world, but that takes a turn for the worst. Its great in a sense, different than anything i read at the time. May 08, 2020 join alice on a wonderful adventure through mysterious lands and meet unique, weird, and fantastic new friends. Alices adventures in wonderland and through the looking. Almost home annies baby basketball diaries, jim carroll beauty queen checkers cut a recent one about treatment of a self mutilator dear miffy which is full of really foul language beware dont you dare read this, mrs. When you read alice in wonderland, you will find yourself trying to make sense of an illogical story. But i would really like to get into reading something this summer and the one book that really got me hooked into it was go ask alice.
Nowadays ya lit is pretty universal harry potter really opened the doors for people to read childrens books no matter what their agebut in 1971 when our book was written that wasnt really the case. As such, we hope it will provide insights into the increasingly complicated world in which we live. Turned out to be a thinly veiled anti drug propaganda book, no real alice, no diary. Our team members have advanced degrees in public health, health education, medicine, counseling, and a number of. Goodreads members who liked go ask alicejays journal also lik.
Go ask alice is still awash in controversy, 43 years. Her other daughter anna says, mom, its lydia, your daughter. Based on a 15yearolds diary, go ask alice is the intimate account of one girls fatal journey into the world of drug addiction. Alysss bodyguard, searches everywhere to find alyss, so the rightful. It starts with alice in an insane asylum, like so many of these iterations do, but this one. Right now i am going into grade six,and i absolutely cant go anywhere without bringing an alice book with me.
She goes to a party, and drinks coke with a drug in in. Some commentators have noted that these books use writing styles similar to go ask alice and contain similar themes, such as. Her books include snow flower and the secret fan 2005, dragon bones, and on gold mountain. All picture source titles are hyperlinked to the pages that they appear on this site. Jefferson airplane white rabbit lyrics songmeanings. Alice met fawn at the store and she invited alice to come over and go swimming in their pool. It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this stripped book. The immortal life of henrietta lacks rebecca skloot. If you do like it, there is another book called jays journal that is very similar.
Go ask alice is a reference to a jefferson airplane song called white rabbit, which alludes to rampant hallucinogenic drug use in lewis carrolls alice in wonderland. Originally sold as the real diary of an actual teenager, go ask alice is the fauxmemoir of a 15yearold girl whose life is dominated by her drug problems, following her experiences from her. Alice s old piano teacher asked her to be a solist at her outstanding student recital. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Use the alphabetical lists below to look up a favorite book or author and then click see readalikes to discover similar books.
Books that perform well based on their reader engagement are published by inkitt in different formats and channels. Alices adventures in wonderland is robert sabudas most amazing creation ever, featuring stunning popups illustrated in john tenniels classic style. This novels protagonist, alice, is staring down at a leukemia diagnosis. The summer before college, hannah swears shes finally going to find the one. I am wanting to read a book similar to lewis carolls alice s adventures in wonderland and though the looking glass and what alice found there but possibly more dark. Frank baum didnt find carrolls plots very coherent, he did find inspiration. She is a pretty typical teenage girl in the late 1960sshes mostly concerned with school, boys, her hair, and fitting in okay, thats pretty typical for any decade when her fathers new job causes her family to move across the country, alice is thrust into a new school at a time when she is at best sensitive. In the other books that i have read such as, go ask alice, and jays journal, i felt like i could relate to the story on a personal level. Find books like alice i have been from the worlds largest community of readers. Read another book that deals with teenagers and drugs, such as crank by ellen hopkins and smack by melvin burgess. Seuss celebrates all the wonderful things that come with summer. A new biography of lewis carroll, just in time for the release of tim burtonas allstar alice in wonderland lewis carroll was brilliant, secretive and self contradictory. Sep 27, 2016 i think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho.
Alices adventures in wonderland commonly shortened to alice in wonderland is an. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. I just love alice too much that i feel like i have a sister growing up with me,although i am an only child. Jul 20, 2009 does anyone know books similarrelated to go ask alice anonymous. Alice in wonderland, alice s adventures in wonderland, lewis carroll about elizabeth bird elizabeth bird is currently the collection development manager of the evanston public library system and a former materials specialist for new york public library. May 01, 2014 alex and the ironic gentleman by adrienne kress has a similar madcap whimsy about it, and like alice it features a young girl going on an adventure in a strange world and meeting extraordinary people including, in this case, harried movie direc. An intelligent, sensitive girl with a literary flair, she experiments with drugs and the counterculture to escape from. Comparison of frankenstein and alice in wonderland english literature essay a comparison of mary shelleys frankenstein and lewis carrolls alice in wonderland in a world where the lines between normal and abnormal are quickly being blurred with a society leaning to a more false or manufactured way of life we still see things as part of the. Almost home annies baby basketball diaries, jim carroll beauty queen checkers cut a recent one about treatment of a self mutilator.
Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited. Alice s father, a college professor, accepts a teaching position at a different college and the family will move at the start of the new year, which cheers alice up. Best books, top 100 childrens novels 2012 tagged with. A book report on go ask alice english literature essay.
Find books like go ask alicejays journal from the worlds largest community of readers. The hatter and the march hare are referred to as both mad by the cheshire cat, in alice s adventures in. But she just cant resist the way the drugs make her feelbeautiful and popular and connected to the world around her. Better than fireworks, this classic beginner book edited by dr. 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. Like a blink of an eye the main character turns towards drugs, sex, and running away. Alice alice is the anonymous protagonist her name is an allusion to a jefferson airplane song whose intermittent diary entries narrate go ask alice. Lewis carrolls alice in wonderland books have delighted readers across the globe for over a hundred years. In the same vein, go ask alice is young adult literature because thats the audience it was specifically geared toward. Alex and the ironic gentleman by adrienne kress has a similar madcap whimsy about it, and like alice it features a young girl going on an adventure in a strange world and meeting extraordinary people including, in this case, harried movie direc. Are there any other novels similar to alice in wonderland.
Alice is a fictional child living during the middle of the victorian era. Here you can find handpicked readalike recommendations for more than 4000 contemporary books and 3000 authors. Who really inspired lewis carrolls alice characters. Is there anything about them that doesnt seem timeless anything you had trouble understanding, or that seems like it might be a victorian custom or practice without a modern counterpart. Girl by blake nelson written like a diary of a true 16 year old girl even though it written by a man, also made into a movie fat kid rules the world by k. 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. You might also like similar books to the end of alice, like sarah. The book go ask alice was published after the song was released and they took the name of the book from the song. The look of alice, for one thing, merits a book of its own, as she slowly morphs from the fullskirted, largeheaded miss of john tenniels original drawings on which nobody has improved to. Authors similar to lisa see meet your next favorite book. It may be reproduced in its entirety or excerpted for these. The story starts off like any other book, with a normal day and a normal family.
The books in order the official alice blog by phyllis. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to alice in jeopardy. The book is written in diary form, but the author is anonymous. Alice gives her age as seven and a half in the sequel, which takes place on 4 november. The author of this diary began journaling on her sixteenth birthday.
It is not a definitive statement on the middleclass, teenage drug world. Discover books similar to the fault in our stars, including funny. Still alice mass market paperback december 16, 2014. But in the end, she emerges wiser with the learning involved in each situation. A riveting firstperson tale of addiction, in the tradition of go ask alice and jays journal. I dont remember much about it, but its another fake propaganda book, this time about teen suicide. Goodreads members who liked go ask alice also liked. Poignant and unflinchingly honest, her story is a tragedy that is repeated in towns and cities across the country. The phrase mad as a hatter predates carrolls works.
The hatter is a fictional character in lewis carrolls 1865 book alice s adventures in wonderland and its 1871 sequel through the lookingglass. Does anyone know books similarrelated to go ask alice. People like to call the alice books timeless classics that can be read by all ages. For readers of atul gawande, siddhartha mukherjee, and henry marsh, a riveting, gorgeously written biography of one of historys most fascinating and confounding diseases alzheimers from its discovery more than 100 years ago to todays race towards a cure. Go ask alice was published anonymously in 1971, but in the last two decades, it still lives in the top 25 most frequently banned books, according to the. Join facebook to connect with alice blickley and others you may know.
Books similar to alices adventures in wonderland manybooks. After the play, alice compliments her daughter, talking to lydia as she would to an actress whom she didnt know. Everyone who encounters go ask alice goes through the same four stages titillated horror, for the young reader, at the book s dramatic depictions of drug use. With over a million copies in print, this book has become a classic. Go ask alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug addiction at age. Then she starts doing math, crystals, bath salts, anything you could imagine. Charles dodgson, better known as lewis carroll, always denied that the characters in alice s adventures in wonderland 1865 and through the lookingglass and what alice found there 1871 were based on real people. Books similar to go ask alicejays journal goodreads. Was alice through the looking glass based on a book. From trips to the beach and eating watermelon to fireworks and fishing, alice low and roy mckies summer will have young readers eager for the kind of fun only warm breezes and sunny weather can bring. If you like the end of alice you might like similar books sarah, zombie, tampa, tiger, tiger, brave new girl.
The text is faithful to lewis carrolls the text is faithful to lewis carrolls. He is very often referred to as the mad hatter, though this term was never used by carroll. Alice s adventures in wonderland commonly shortened to alice in wonderland is an 1865 novel written by english mathematician. Sevenyearold alice from the book became a 19yearold, returning to wonderland. Go ask alice is based on a true story about a teenager who becomes addicted to drugs. This book is part graphic novel and part documentary.
I think you mean go ask alice by anonymous aka beatrice sparks, but anywho. First paperback edition march 1998 go ask alice taken from white rabbit, written by grace slick. The first alice book ive read was in grade four, alice in agony, and i instantly fell in love with her. I was looking for a book more like lullabies for little criminals, which is more of a graphic view of what its like to have a hard childhood filled with drugs, etc. Alice in wonderland collection all four books presents the two most famous alice books alice in wonderland and alice through the looking glass as well as the alicerelated fantasy verse the hunting of the snark and, for alice aficionados, a digitized copy of alices. Then write an essay comparing and contrasting the book to go ask alice.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. She was named the 2001 national woman of the year, by the organizat. Master all the puzzles, nurture your imagination, and enjoy every second of playing. Discover unique things to do, places to eat, and sights to see in the best destinations around the world with bring me. Go ask alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteenyearold drug user. Reading go ask alice the 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. In the tradition of go ask alice halfshadowed face of a teenager on the cover, cautionary tale told in the form of diary entries, anonymous author. We need to talk about kevin lionel shriver the rosie project graeme simsion. It is, however, a highly personal and specific chronicle.
Please no neil gaiman, or teennovels like twilight or shiver no dark romance novels please. Some of these are retellings, some are similar in genre or theme and some are just so full of carrollian imagination that i had to include them. Although the book has been classified as fiction see treatment of book as fiction and nonfiction. I think that this book could easily find a place in high school curriculum. Stories similar to alice in wonderland books, stories, and novels like alice in wonderland by lewis carroll. The white rabbit and lovely alice will keep you company as you grow taller and taller, reach higher levels and find things you never believed possible. Attributed to anonymous, the book is in diary form, and was originally presented as being the edited real diary of the unnamed teenage p. In the text of the two alice books, author lewis carroll often did not remark on the physical appearance of. In alice s adventures in wonderland 1865, which takes place on 4 may, the character is widely assumed to be seven years old. Go ask alice by anonymous about the book she doesnt want to get hooked on drugs. Alice has never believed in luck, but that doesnt stop her from rooting for love. May 24, 2016 2010s alice in wonderland threw out the plot of the book entirely, keeping the characters and amping up the crazy. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Go ask alice jays journal anonymous diaries 9781442423107.