Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice is written as a diary which details a life of a teenage girl that deals with the downfall of her life.. In the beginning of the book, “Alice” is a typical, insecure girl who is preoccupied with boys and her popularity. Due to her father getting a new job, she ends up moving to a different town. Once she arrives, she finds it difficult to adjust to the new town unlike her other family members. Alice is no longer happy, as the kids in her new school are not what they seem. During the summer she decides to stay with her grandparents. Invited to a party by an old friend Jill, she it tricked into taking LSD which was the start of her long journey of drug addiction. Throughout the book she is curious and ends up experimenting with different types of drugs and alcohol leading to running away from her home. Even though Alice made numerous mistakes, her family welcomes her back with warmth and love. She attempts on recovering from her addiction and lifestyle but fails multiple times. In the end she is put into a mental institution and is later on released, which came to an end of her writing entries. Alice dies a few weeks later of a drug overdose. Was it suicide, or murder?