Almost Lost

Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life is a young adult novel attributed to Beatrice Sparks, cited as non-fiction by her, but with no viable sources to suggest that the story, the characters, or the narrator are in any way factual. Almost Lost tells the story of Sammy, a runaway teenager who dabbles in rap, the occult, and drugs, and is turned into a happy, wholesome teen by attending therapy with Sparks.

Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets
AuthorAnonymous (Beatrice Sparks)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPrentice Hall
Publication date
June 1996
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages140 pp
ISBN978-0-380-78341-0
OCLC34192056
616.85/2706/0835 20
LC ClassRJ506.D4 A46 1996

Reception

Almost Lost was criticized by the majority of reviewers. Most agreed that the theme was fairly positive, but that the events described by the book seemed fake. The School Library Journal stated that, "It is hard to imagine that the troubled teenager described in the beginning could change so dramatically so quickly and cure his father's cocaine habit, recover from depression, and restore his parents' marriage."


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