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Beatrice Sparks






Beatrice Sparks

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born
January 15, 1918

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place of birth
Goldburg, Idaho, The United States

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Beatrice Sparks is an American therapist and Mormon youth counselor who is known for producing books purporting to be the 'real diaries' of troubled teenagers. The books deal with topical issues such as drug abuse, Satanism, teenage pregnancy or AIDS, and are presented as cautionary tales. Although Sparks always presents herself as merely the discoverer and editor of the diaries, records at the U.S. Copyright Office show that in fact she is listed as the sole author for all but two of them.


Sparks began working with teenagers in 1955, after attending the University of California at Los Angeles and Brigham Young University. She has worked as a music therapist at Utah State Mental Hospital and taught continuing education courses at...more




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avg rating: 3.60 | 17,474 ratings | 2,059 reviews | 10 distinct works | 13 fans
Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor ), Anonymous
avg rating 3.61 — 15,704 ratings — published 1970
23 editions
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It Happened to Nancy: By an An... It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager, A True Story from Her Diary
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor)
avg rating 3.75 — 434 ratings — published 1994
3 editions
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Annie's Baby: The Diary of Ano... Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, A Pregnant Teenager
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor )
avg rating 3.66 — 328 ratings — published 1998
4 editions
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Jay's Journal Jay's Journal
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor )
avg rating 3.24 — 282 ratings — published 1978
3 editions
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Treacherous Love: The Diary of... Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor )
avg rating 3.53 — 113 ratings — published 2000
4 editions
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Almost Lost: The True Story of... Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets (Avon Flare Book)
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor )
avg rating 3.38 — 71 ratings — published 1996
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Finding Katie: The Diary of An... Finding Katie: The Diary of Anonymous, A Teenager in Foster Care
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor )
avg rating 3.51 — 68 ratings — published 2005
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Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary o... Kim: Empty Inside: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor )
avg rating 3.25 — 73 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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Voices: The Stories of Four Tr... Voices: The Stories of Four Troubled Teenagers
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor )
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1978
2 editions
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It's My Candle: By an Anonymou... It's My Candle: By an Anonymous Teenager - A True Story from His Diary
by Beatrice Sparks (Editor )
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1996
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"I'm partly somebody else trying to fit in and say the right things and do the right thing and be in the right place and wear what everybody else is wearing. Sometimes I think we're all trying to be shadows of each other, trying to buy the same records and everything even if we don't like them. Kids are like robots, off an assembly line, and I don't want to be a robot!"
Beatrice Sparks (Go Ask Alice)
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"How can thoughts hurt so much when they aren't even physical?"
Beatrice Sparks (Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager)
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