I Just Read Go Ask Alice and I LOVED IT! What Books Would You Recommend That Are Similar?
Question by Lauren: I just read Go Ask Alice and I LOVED IT! What books would you recommend that are similar?
I really liked how it was her journal, but it doesn’t really matter to me if it’s in that format or not.
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Answer by Oranges <3 You ~SPACS~
There’s another book, by the same publisher (or maybe the author) about a teen boy with drug problems. I think it’s called “Jay’s Journal” or something like that. It’s in the same format and the covers are very similar.
As far as just books about teens with addiction problems, the ‘Crank’ series by Ellen Hopkins is beautifully written (in verse) and about a teen’s struggle with drug addiction. There seem to be an abundance of similar books being published these days, so they won’t be hard to find.
Answer by Alice
Try Nokosee: Rise of the New Seminole (http://bit.ly/Nokosee) and its sequel Nokosee & Stormy: Love & Bullets (http://amzn.to/fqOoph). Both are written from a 17-year-old girl’s POV. A coming-of-age tale with lots of action, adventure and romance layered over a twisted save-the-environment plea.
Cherry by Mary Karr. A memoir about teens, sex, drugs and growing up in rural Texas as told through the gritty, beautiful prose of one of America’s best writers having taught at Harvard and currently teaching as the Peck Professor of English Literature at Syracuse University. It’s a book every teen girl should read. If the opening paragraph doesn’t do it for you, nothing will (you can read it on the Amazon link below). I’ve also supplied you a link to her Harper Collins website where you can see the author describe her life in a revealing teaser for her new book “Lit.”
http://bit.ly/CherryKarr
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/27468/Mary_Karr/index.aspx
The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr. Another moving memoir recounting her earlier years (you should probably read this one first and then Cherry).
http://bit.ly/LiarsClub
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. A moving story inspired by true events about the suicides of five teenage sisters as told from the viewpoint (for the most part) of randy teenage boys who try to explain it all.
http://amzn.to/dwrVklVirgin
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg. A critically appraised and touching semi-autobiographical story of a 16-year-old girl battling schizophrenia in a mental hospital.
http://amzn.to/92Snb1RoseGarden
She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb. Begins with the life of a school girl with no friends and follows her through many wrong turns until she makes a right one and finds love. The book gives us one of the most memorable characters in literature: Dolores Price.
http://bit.ly/ShesCome
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