Were you tricked when you read the book,"Go Ask Alice" in class?

Question

Last year I started reading this book for my own personal amusement, and I couldn't bring myself to finish reading it because I realized how fake it was and I just didn't believe it was written by a teen. The other day I found out that I wasn't the only skeptic and it actually IS a fake diary!

Here's some proof if you don't believe me:

http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/askalice.asp

Were you tricked when you read this book in class? Did your teacher tell you it was a real diary? What grade did you read it in? How do you feel about it now? LOL, I'm kinda curious to people's reactions.

Answer 1

This was actually my favourite book when I was growing up! Why would they make up a story and present it based on true facts? I will read your link...

Answer 2

does it really matter?

a good book is a good book whether its fake or not.

those books a series of unfortunate events does basicly the exact same thing.

anyways it isnt fake for sure, just some people think it is.

ive never read that book, but i read your link and it actually sounds really interesting.

i want to read it now and ohemgee guess what i dont care thats it fake.

like calm down..  

Answer 3

big deal, it was still a really good book that taught an important lesson.

i read it in 7th grade, in about a day.  i actually picked it up again today and read it for the 53rd time...

Answer 4

I have never even heard of this book. A lot of things you read that seem true actually won't be true. It's a part of life.

Answer 5

aww man i know what you mean, it was the ONLY book i read cover to cover by myself, last year. it was a good book but i think it was fake.. you dont go from smoking weed and taking a couple acid tabs to being addicted to heroin and selling yourself! FAKE

Answer 6

That's not proof though.  A person who runs a website can say whatever they want. They don't have to be right.  There wasn't really any proof in that article.  Just assumptions.  

But no, I've never read the book.

Answer 7

I read the book when it first came out, and we pretty much all knew it wasn't a real diary, because it was sold in the Fiction section. I'm pretty sure you'll find a disclaimer to that effect somewhere in the beginning of the book.

The fact that it reads like a made-for-TV movie should have been a tipoff as well. The lives of most teens don't follow a plotline.