Genre: YA Nonfiction
This book is the diary of a teenage girl who becomes addicted to drugs. It starts when she unwittingly has LSD slipped into her soda in a dangerous game of "button, button, who's got the button?" She loves her first trip so much it soon leads her to marijuana, speed, heroin, Dexies, DMT, meth, sleeping pills, tranquilizers, and other pills only described by shape and color. Within months she is hooked. She begins lying, prostitution, and selling drugs, even to elementary schoolers to supply herself. She runs away from home, is raped, and struggles to survive on the street. Many times she tries to quit but, she is always tempted and cannot resist. I won't ruin the details of the ending, but it is not a happy one.I absolutely loved this book!! It's intensely real. I highly recommend this to any teenager, especially anyone once tempted to try drugs. It highlights the harsh reality of substance abuse, but does not lie and try to convince the reader that drugs are not fun. Instead, it shows how to cost far outweighs the benefits. You get the facts about drugs from someone who has actually used them, not your health teacher, or "Above The Influence". At one point, the diarist writes that "Anyone who says pot and acid are not addicting in a damn, stupid, raving idiot, unenlightened fool!" You really sympathize with the diarist, and even though you know from the back of the book, she's going to die, you still hope she'll overcome it. I can't even tell you how much I love this book! If you haven't read it, I hope you will!
Rating: 5/5
WARNING: Some language, sexual content, and (need I even say it?) drug references.
i just read this book. it took me two days to finish because for me, this book was a drug. i was hooked. im 13 years old and have considered drugs before but have never tried them. i read this book and am now scared of anything to do with drugs. this girl starts drugs so inoscently, showing how easy it is to start. i will never do drugs. i had a dream that i did and everything that happened to this girl happened to me and its terrifying. this book is amazing! anyone who wants to learn about the consiquences of drug use, dont bother seeing a specialist... READ THIS BOOK.
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