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4.1/5 Barnes & Noble Publication date June 1996 Pages 140 pp OCLC 34192056 | 3.5/5 Goodreads Language English ISBN 978-0-380-78341-0 Originally published June 1996 Genre Young adult fiction Country United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Almost Lost: The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's Life is a young adult novel by 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.
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."