Why Is Go Ask Alice Banned

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“Go Ask Alice” The book I chose was “Go Ask Alice” by anonymous. It was published in March of 1971. There has been some controversy over the genera of the book, but it was classified as teen fiction, and has 215 pages. “Go Ask Alice” is about a teen girl whose name remains unknown throughout the book that gets mixed into the wrong group, and ends up addicted to drugs. She keeps a diary where she tells about all of her experiences, thoughts, and feeling, but the diary becomes her safe place, and “best friend”. I believe the book should be banned, it has a lot of adult content that isn’t appropriate for school. Things such as sex, drugs, and adult language. The girl has several drug enhanced experiences. Almost all of the things are because

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