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4 unusual facts about Go Ask Alice


Floyd County High School

Coached by Mrs. Sara Landis, the ensemble performed Go Ask Alice, a play based on the popular fiction novel by Beatrice Sparks.

Go Ask Alice

On pages 79–80, the text describes the girl living with a friend in Coos Bay, Oregon, where she enthuses over the Diggers' Free Store and the Psychedelic Shop – both establishments were actually in San Francisco.

The American Library Association listed Go Ask Alice as number 23 on its list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of the 1990s.

A girl named Alice is mentioned briefly in one entry during the diarist's stay in Coos Bay, Oregon; she is an addict whom the diarist briefly meets on the street.


Island Trees School District v. Pico

According to footnote 3 of the ruling, the books at issue have included Slaughterhouse-Five, The Naked Ape, Down These Mean Streets, Go Ask Alice, and The Fixer.


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Go Ask Malice

In turn, that book's own title is a reference to the Jefferson Airplane song, "White Rabbit", which includes the lyrics, "Go ask Alice when she's ten feet tall." Grace Slick wrote the song after noticing possible drug references in Alice in Wonderland.